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Crushing injuries

1 hospitalization · 2016087702 · 8/17/2016 · MATERION TECHNICAL MATERIALS

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Multiple lower extremities locations, unspecified
Nature of injury
Crushing injuries

Cause

Event
Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
Source
Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones
Secondary source
Cranes-other mobile cranes

Employer

Name
MATERION TECHNICAL MATERIALS
Location
5 WELLINGTON ROAD, LINCOLN, RHODE ISLAND, 02865
NAICS
331411
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was moving a 1,000-pound coil of metal using a floor crane when the coil fell off the crane and landed on the employee's lower legs, contusing/crushing them from the knees to the ankles.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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