Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Name: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at GE Power -- Steam Turbine Generator Manufacturing
Start: 8/20/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017088010 · 8/20/2017 · GE Power -- Steam Turbine Generator Manufacturing

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Hand(s), except finger(s)
Nature of injury: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Skids, pallets

Employer

Name: GE Power -- Steam Turbine Generator Manufacturing
Location: 1 RIVER RD., SCHENECTADY, NEW YORK, 12345
NAICS: 333611
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

On 8/20/2017, at approximately 11:35 a.m., an employee was bagging a rotor assembly when the load shifted, pinching the employee's hand between the rotor assembly and the saddle of a skid and causing possible ligament damage.

Source

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