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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2018032304 · 3/8/2018 · REPUBLIC ENGINEERED PRODUCTS INC.

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source
Overhead hoists, unspecified
Secondary source
Bundles, bales

Employer

Name
REPUBLIC ENGINEERED PRODUCTS INC.
Location
3049 Lakeshore Road, BLASDELL, NEW YORK, 14219
NAICS
331221
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was hooking up two bundles to an overhead hoist when the operator raised the hoist, pulling up slack in the chain. The employee's thumb was then pinched and fractured between the chain and the bundle.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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