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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2017032517 · 3/18/2017 · Ball Metal, Food & Aerosol Products Facility

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Wrist(s) and arm(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
Source
Crowbars
Secondary source
Machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name
Ball Metal, Food & Aerosol Products Facility
Location
431 Privet Rd., HORSHAM, PENNSYLVANIA, 19044
NAICS
999999
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee placed a pry bar into a flywheel of the machine. The machine started and the pry bar struck his right forearm breaking it and his wrist.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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