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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2017065201 · 6/8/2017 · Procore Construction Services, Inc

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Struck by object or equipment dropped by other person
Source
Dimensional lumber: 2x4, 2x3, etc.

Employer

Name
Procore Construction Services, Inc
Location
3901 North 18th Street, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, 19140
NAICS
236220
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was guarding a trash chute opening as the chute was being dismantled when a contractor working overhead dropped a 2x4, which ricocheted off equipment and struck the employee's arm. The 2x4 deeply lacerated the employee's arm and fractured it, requiring hospitalization.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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