Fractures

Name: Fractures at Carpenter Technology
Start: 8/14/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018088301 · 8/14/2018 · Carpenter Technology

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
Source: Ladders, unspecified
Secondary source: Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Carpenter Technology
Location: 101 West Burn Street, READING, PENNSYLVANIA, 19601
NAICS: 331110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was cutting wires, working from a ladder. A piece of skull from a furnace fell and struck the ladder. The employee fell from the ladder onto a scrap bin, suffering broken ribs.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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