Avulsions, enucleations

Name: Avulsions, enucleations at Nivert Metal Supply, Inc.
Start: 6/15/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017065471 · 6/15/2017 · Nivert Metal Supply, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury: Avulsions, enucleations

Cause

Event: Fall to lower level, unspecified
Source: Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
Secondary source: Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container

Employer

Name: Nivert Metal Supply, Inc.
Location: 1100 Marshwood Rd, THROOP, PENNSYLVANIA, 18512
NAICS: 423510
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was inspecting the blower above a roll-up door while standing in a scissor lift (15 feet high) when a bridge crane struck the scissor lift, knocking it over into a storage rack. The employee fell onto the storage rack and suffered a fingertip avulsion, bruised ribs, and lacerations.

Source

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