Fractures

Name: Fractures at East Penn Manufacturing Company, Inc.
Start: 4/1/2015

1 hospitalization · 2015041668 · 4/1/2015 · East Penn Manufacturing Company, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Thigh(s)
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
Source: Pots, pans, trays
Secondary source: Shelves, shelving

Employer

Name: East Penn Manufacturing Company, Inc.
Location: 102 Deka Rd, LYON STATION, PENNSYLVANIA, 19536
NAICS: 335912
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was walking/working in an aisle when a metal tray weighing approximately 350 pounds was knocked off the third shelf of an adjacent racking system. The tray hit the floor and then hit the employee. He suffered a fractured left femur and a hematoma over one eye.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown