Fractures

Name: Fractures at Carpenter Latrobe Specialty Metals
Start: 9/19/2019

1 hospitalization · 2019099809 · 9/19/2019 · Carpenter Latrobe Specialty Metals

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
Source: Bars, rods, reinforcing bar (rebar)
Secondary source: Shearing machines

Employer

Name: Carpenter Latrobe Specialty Metals
Location: 2626 Ligonier Street, LATROBE, PENNSYLVANIA, 15650
NAICS: 331221
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating a shear on the continuous rolling mill. While a steel bar was being cut on the shear, it pivoted and struck the employee, fracturing their left arm.

Source

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