Crushing injuries

Name: Crushing injuries at Shale Rail
Start: 2/27/2016

1 hospitalization · 2016021823 · 2/27/2016 · Shale Rail

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Hand(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Crushing injuries

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Train, locomotive, rail car, unspecified

Employer

Name: Shale Rail
Location: Wickwire Way Railside, WYSOX, PENNSYLVANIA, 18854
NAICS: 484230
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee loading freight from a truck to a railcar got his hand crushed when the rail car sliding door closed and pinched his hand between the door and the door jamb. The employee sustained crushing injuries and lacerations to the right hand.

Source

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