Fractures

Name: Fractures at Victor Insulators, Inc.
Start: 5/17/2019

1 hospitalization · 2019055004 · 5/17/2019 · Victor Insulators, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Extruding machinery

Employer

Name: Victor Insulators, Inc.
Location: 280 Maple Ave., VICTOR, NEW YORK, 14564
NAICS: 327110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was working at a pug mill, loading clay chunks into a wad mill and offloading pugs that came off the wad mill. An extrusion plate, which pushed chunks of clay off a push cart, pinned the employee's left leg against the push cart, causing injuries and fractures to the leg.

Source

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