Fractures and burns

Name: Fractures and burns at Modern Machine Works, Inc.
Start: 11/16/2016

1 hospitalization · 20161110749 · 11/16/2016 · Modern Machine Works, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Hand(s) and finger(s)
Nature of injury: Fractures and burns

Cause

Event: Explosion, n.e.c.
Source: Nonclassifiable

Employer

Name: Modern Machine Works, Inc.
Location: 921 East Front Avenue, BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, 58502
NAICS: 332710
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was installing a pin in a boom point that had been chilled in liquid oxygen. When the employee removed the pin with a slide hammer, an ignition occurred and caused the pin to shoot out of the hole and to strike the employee. The employee suffered burns to both hands and a broken thumb.

Source

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