Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Name: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Saft America, Inc.
Start: 10/2/2015

1 hospitalization · 2015107336 · 10/2/2015 · Saft America, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Head and neck
Nature of injury: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Special process machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Saft America, Inc.
Location: 711 Gil Harbin Industrial Blvd., VALDOSTA, GEORGIA, 31601
NAICS: 335911
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance work on a malfunctioning impregnation tank lid. When the employee attached an air hose to the lid, it opened automatically and pinned his head, causing head and neck damage.

Source

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