Fractures

Name: Fractures at Symmco, Inc.
Start: 3/7/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017032099 · 3/7/2017 · Symmco, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
Source: Parts and materials, unspecified
Secondary source: Metalworking lathes

Employer

Name: Symmco, Inc.
Location: 40 Park Street, SYKESVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 15865
NAICS: 332117
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating a lathe to polish a twenty pound pin. The pin came out of the lathe chuck and struck his left middle finger. The employee was hospitalized for surgery on the fractured finger.

Source

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