Cuts, lacerations

Name: Cuts, lacerations at PPG Industries, Inc.
Start: 7/12/2016

1 hospitalization · 2016076262 · 7/12/2016 · PPG Industries, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
Nature of injury: Cuts, lacerations

Cause

Event: Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
Source: Glass building materials

Employer

Name: PPG Industries, Inc.
Location: 400 Park Drive, CARLISLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 17015
NAICS: 327211
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was throwing glass into the rework hopper when the glass slipped out of his hand and contacted his neck, lacerating it and requiring hospitalization.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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