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Damage to medical implants, n.e.c.
1 hospitalization · 2019021559 · 2/11/2019 · Harbor Freight Tools
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 1
- Amputation
- 0
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- Nature of injury
- Damage to medical implants, n.e.c.
Cause
- Event
- Exposure to harmful substances or environments, n.e.c.
- Source
- Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
Employer
- Name
- Harbor Freight Tools
- Location
- 301 SR 104, OSWEGO, NEW YORK, 13126
- NAICS
- 453998
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was hospitalized when his pacemaker was exposed to magnetic fields causing an irregular heartbeat.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
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