Fractures

Name: Fractures at Valmont Industries
Start: 1/23/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018010767 · 1/23/2018 · Valmont Industries

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
Source: Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container

Employer

Name: Valmont Industries
Location: 225 Kiwanis Boulevard, WEST HAZLETON, PENNSYLVANIA, 18202
NAICS: 332312
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was going to perform routine maintenance (cleaning) on the plasma cutter table. The employee lifted the top part off the plasma cutter table with an overhead crane. The interior slag tray slipped out of the rigging and fell onto the employee, who suffered a broken hip and was hospitalized.

Source

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