← OSHA severe injury reports
Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
1 hospitalization · 2017087627 · 8/9/2017 · NPL Construction
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 1
- Amputation
- 0
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Hand(s) and arm(s), unspecified
- Nature of injury
- Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
Cause
- Event
- Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- Source
- Parts and materials, unspecified
- Secondary source
- Pressure lines, except hoses
Employer
- Name
- NPL Construction
- Location
- 23698 N 2550 E Road, LEXINGTON, ILLINOIS, 61753
- NAICS
- 237120
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was removing a plug from a 6-inch pipeline when pressure in the line caused it to blow off and strike his hand and arm, requiring surgery.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown