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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2015118860 · 11/23/2015 · STARCON INTERNATIONAL, INC.

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Lower leg(s)
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
Source
Metal plates, metal panels

Employer

Name
STARCON INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Location
2100 Ellis Ct., NEW LENOX, ILLINOIS, 60451
NAICS
238220
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was helping a coworker demolish a fin fan part that was recently replaced on a cooling unit at the chemical plant. The employee's coworker was tasked with torch cutting a 15 feet x 25 feet, 3/16-inch steel fin fan part into smaller pieces for demolition and removal from the site. The employee was standing 6 to 8 feet away from the torch cutting operation. While the coworker was torch cutting the tail-end area on the fin fan, a side panel that measured 19 feet x 4.5 feet and weighed approximately 650 lbs. came off and fell, striking the employee in the right leg. The employee's right tibia and fibula were fractured.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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