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Cuts, lacerations

1 hospitalization · 2019055224 · 5/23/2019 · SHOP VAC CORPORATION

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Forearm(s)
Nature of injury
Cuts, lacerations

Cause

Event
Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
Source
Parts and materials, n.e.c.
Secondary source
Conveyors-powered, unspecified

Employer

Name
SHOP VAC CORPORATION
Location
2323 REACH RD, WILLIAMSPORT, PENNSYLVANIA, 17701
NAICS
333319
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was working near a conveyor that carried totes of tank bottoms. Another employee stopped the upstream. The employee placed a tank bottom on the stopped conveyor and it fell off. The employee tried to catch it, and the tank bottom lacerated the employee's right inner forearm. The employee was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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