Fractures

Name: Fractures at Mertz Manufacturing, Inc.
Start: 11/16/2018

1 hospitalization · 20181111817 · 11/16/2018 · Mertz Manufacturing, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source: Conveyors-powered, unspecified

Employer

Name: Mertz Manufacturing, Inc.
Location: 2400 N. Waverly St., PONCA CITY, OKLAHOMA, 74601
NAICS: 333120
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

A maintenance employee was removing a hydraulic cylinder from a paint conveyor lift. When the cylinder was removed, the counterbalance was freed. The employee's left hand was then caught between the counterbalance and the stop plate, fracturing the hand.

Source

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