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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 20171211568 · 12/6/2017 · Comar LLC

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Multiple foot (feet) locations
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
Source
Dies, molds, patterns
Secondary source
Overhead hoists-electric powered

Employer

Name
Comar LLC
Location
1 Comar Place, BUENA, NEW JERSEY, 08310
NAICS
325211
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was using an overhead hoist to move an injection blow mold from a work bench to a pallet. The mold halves were being held together with a C-clamp. As the mold was being moved, it became entangled in the electrical cord for the hoist. The injured employee freed the mold from the electrical cord. The C-clamp then contacted the hoist beam supporting the leg and loosened, allowing the bottom half of the mold to fall. The mold struck the injured employee's left foot, lacerating it, fracturing the second metatarsal, and chipping the big toe bone. The employee was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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