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Cuts, lacerations

1 hospitalization · 2015042384 · 4/27/2015 · Waste Management of PA, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Forearm(s)
Nature of injury
Cuts, lacerations

Cause

Event
Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
Source
Chips, particles, splinters, n.e.c.
Secondary source
Toilets, urinals

Employer

Name
Waste Management of PA, Inc.
Location
510 W Cornell Rd, MERCER, PENNSYLVANIA, 16137
NAICS
562111
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

At a residential garbage pick up location, an employee was picking up a toilet to place into a Waste Management Bagster Dumpster Bag tote. The toilet hit the side of the tote and fell from the employees hands. The employee was cut on the right forearm by pieces of the broken toilet. The employee was hospitalized overnight for surgery to repair the cut and muscles damaged by the laceration.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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