Cuts, lacerations

Name: Cuts, lacerations at Wastequip Manufacturing Co.
Start: 8/27/2019

1 hospitalization · 2019088906 · 8/27/2019 · Wastequip Manufacturing Co.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
Source: Sheet metal

Employer

Name: Wastequip Manufacturing Co.
Location: 1031 Hickstown Road, ERIAL, NEW JERSEY, 08081
NAICS: 562920
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was placing a sheet of corrugated metal onto a lid frame from an intermodal container. As he tossed the sheet onto the frame assembly, the sheet struck his left arm, cut through his welding sleeves and shirt, and caused a deep laceration to his left bicep.

Source

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