Multiple types of open wounds

Name: Multiple types of open wounds at Tube-Mac Piping Technologies, Ltd.
Start: 5/26/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017054773 · 5/26/2017 · Tube-Mac Piping Technologies, Ltd.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Leg(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Multiple types of open wounds

Cause

Event: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
Source: Valves, nozzles
Secondary source: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered

Employer

Name: Tube-Mac Piping Technologies, Ltd.
Location: 262 Old Hwy 70, DURANT, OKLAHOMA, 74701
NAICS: 238220
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was loading a large valve onto a forklift. As the forklift lifted the valve, it tipped over and struck the employee, lacerating and puncturing the right leg.

Source

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