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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 20171211634 · 12/7/2017 · Sargent Electric Company

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
Source
Switchboards, switches, fuses

Employer

Name
Sargent Electric Company
Location
2901 East Lake Road, ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA, 16531
NAICS
238210
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

Employees were removing a piece of switchgear weighing more than 1,000 pounds when it fell forward, striking and pinning an employee between it and a wall. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured clavicle, fractured scapula, fractured vertebra, and fractured ribs.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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