Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at JOE JURGIELEWICZ & SON LTD.
Start: 2/20/2019

1 hospitalization · 2019021904 · 2/20/2019 · JOE JURGIELEWICZ & SON LTD.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Cause

Event: Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
Source: Metal pipes, tubing
Secondary source: Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: JOE JURGIELEWICZ & SON LTD.
Location: 189 CHEESE LANE, HAMBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 19526
NAICS: 424440
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a metal pipe with 1/2-inch tines to scrape the feathers off the side of a dryer. The force of the spinning dryer caught the pipe, which impaled the employee in the upper chest and passed through his shoulder. The force then pulled out the pipe and knocked off the lid of the dryer, sending the employee to the floor. He was hospitalized.

Source

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