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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2017076305 · 7/9/2017 · Precision Pipeline LLC

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Lower leg(s)
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source
Drilling machines, drilling augers
Secondary source
Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified

Employer

Name
Precision Pipeline LLC
Location
101 Greenfield Drive, MIDDLETOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 17057
NAICS
237120
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was sitting on a casing pipe. The road bore operator could not see the employee and then activated the machine and moved it forward. The right leg of the employee sitting on the pipe became caught/pinched between the track and pipe. He suffered a broken tibia and was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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