Fractures

Name: Fractures at AAON, Inc.
Start: 6/16/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017065532 · 6/16/2017 · AAON, 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 discharged object or substance
Source: Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Bending, rolling, shaping machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: AAON, Inc.
Location: 203 Gum Springs Rd, LONGVIEW, TEXAS, 75602
NAICS: 333415
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was expanding tubing using a 3/8-inch tubing expanding machine when a bearing bullet broke off in the tube. Pressurized air caused the broken bullet piece to eject and strike the employee's right hand, breaking his index finger.

Source

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