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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 20171010329 · 10/27/2017 · Woolf Steel, Incorporated

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
Source
Cranes-other mobile cranes

Employer

Name
Woolf Steel, Incorporated
Location
170 Fulling Mill Road, MIDDLETOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 17057
NAICS
332312
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee walked around a mobile crane and was inspecting it when a crane operator climbed into the crane cab. While entering the cab, the operator grabbed the steering wheel, causing the crane's wheels to swivel. The employee inspecting the crane was pinched between the swiveling wheel and a crane outrigger, suffering seven broken ribs, a broken pelvis, and a broken wrist. The employee was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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