Fractures

Name: Fractures at Union Tank Car
Start: 2/4/2016

1 hospitalization · 2016021092 · 2/4/2016 · Union Tank Car

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
Source: Gears
Secondary source: Tools, instruments, and equipment, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Union Tank Car
Location: 601 Chestnut Avenue, ALTOONA, PENNSYLVANIA, 16601
NAICS: 336999
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee suffered a fracture to their left arm when it was struck by a falling draft gear weighing approximately 250-300 lbs. The employee was using wooden blocks to stabilized the piece in preparation for welding operations when the piece fell off the wooden blocks and struck the employee.

Source

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