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Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk

1 hospitalization · 2018088781 · 8/24/2018 · Pennsylvania Steel Erectors

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Multiple trunk locations
Nature of injury
Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk

Cause

Event
Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, n.e.c.
Source
Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
Secondary source
Material and personnel hoists

Employer

Name
Pennsylvania Steel Erectors
Location
1441 Chestnut Street, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, 19102
NAICS
238120
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was in a scissor lift welding lintels. The scissor lift platform was struck from below by a moving personnel hoist crushing the employee into the ceiling. The employee sustained a fractured arm and wrist, a collapsed lung, a blood clot in the lung, and kidney damage.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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