Crushing injuries

Name: Crushing injuries at Iron Mountain Information, Inc.
Start: 7/30/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017078363 · 7/30/2017 · Iron Mountain Information, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Hand(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Crushing injuries

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered

Employer

Name: Iron Mountain Information, Inc.
Location: 9 Runway Road, LEVITTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 19057
NAICS: 493110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating an order picker in the elevated position when it malfunctioned and he was unable to lower the unit and himself to ground level. As he was attempting to activate the unit, his right hand was caught in a pinch point between the unit's rail and arm, suffering compression injuries.

Source

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