Fractures

Name: Fractures at Somerset Steel Erection Company, Inc.
Start: 5/30/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018055279 · 5/30/2018 · Somerset Steel Erection Company, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
Source: Structural elements, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Nails, brads, tacks, nuts, bolts, washers

Employer

Name: Somerset Steel Erection Company, Inc.
Location: First Quality Tissue - Boston 3 Project, LOCK HAVEN, PENNSYLVANIA, 17745
NAICS: 238120
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was going back through and tightening bolts on the girt that was recently placed. While sitting on and tightening a girt, a bolt snapped causing the girt to slide down. The employee's left leg was pinched between the girt and beam. The employee was hospitalized with a leg fracture.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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