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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2016010449 · 1/16/2016 · Hydro Aluminum Metals USA

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
Source
Floor, n.e.c.
Secondary source
Strapping

Employer

Name
Hydro Aluminum Metals USA
Location
2000 Economic Dr., COMMERCE, TEXAS, 75428
NAICS
327999
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

The operator was in the process of cutting down wooden runners for partial bundles. At the work station there is a pallet of wooden runners located on the floor by the cutting station. Plastic banding used to hold the wooden runners together during transportation was not cut or removed when the pallet of wooden runners was placed in its designated area. This caused the loop of plastic banding to protrude out from the wooden runners area. When the operator was leaving the work station his foot got hung up in the loop of strapping causing him to trip and fall to the floor fracturing the left femur.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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