Fractures

Name: Fractures at Carpenter Technology Corporation
Start: 12/20/2016

1 hospitalization · 20161211829 · 12/20/2016 · Carpenter Technology Corporation

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Jaw, chin
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
Source: Cranes, unspecified

Employer

Name: Carpenter Technology Corporation
Location: 101 West Bern Street, READING, PENNSYLVANIA, 19612
NAICS: 331111
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a crane to load steel for a furnace. When the employee unhooked the lifting device from the steel, the hook on the chain caught on the steel. Before the employee could stop the crane, the hook, under tension, came free and struck the employee's jaw, fracturing it.

Source

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