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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2017109505 · 10/3/2017 · Kloeckner Metals Corporation

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Forearm(s)
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source
Stacking machinery

Employer

Name
Kloeckner Metals Corporation
Location
7400 Mesa Dr., HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77028
NAICS
423510
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

After preparing a stacker, an employee exited it and walked around to the operator side. His hand then contacted a moving shaft, which caught his left arm and pulled it back resulting in a broken forearm and an open wound.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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