Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Western Forge & Flange Co.
Start: 7/15/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017076556 · 7/15/2017 · Western Forge & Flange Co.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
Nature of injury: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Cause

Event: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
Source: Molten or hot metals, slag
Secondary source: Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Western Forge & Flange Co.
Location: 687 County Road 2201, CLEVELAND, TEXAS, 77328
NAICS: 332111
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was handling a metal part as it was being forged in a forging hammer when the part shattered. A hot metal shard shot out of the forging hammer and punctured the employee's abdomen, causing internal damage. He was hospitalized.

Source

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