Fractures

Name: Fractures at York Container Company
Start: 4/19/2016

1 hospitalization · 2016043257 · 4/19/2016 · York Container Company

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Material and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Conveyors-powered, unspecified

Employer

Name: York Container Company
Location: 138 Mount Zion Road, YORK, PENNSYLVANIA, 17402
NAICS: 322211
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was stacking a unit of corrugated sheets when his foot entered the path of an automated material transfer cart. His left leg was pinned between the cart and a conveyor when a coworker stopped the machine. He fractured his left ankle and lacerated both legs, requiring hospitalization.

Source

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