Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Name: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Wabtec Corporation
Start: 12/15/2019

1 hospitalization · 20191212863 · 12/15/2019 · Wabtec Corporation

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Hand(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Engine parts and accessories, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Engine parts and accessories, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Wabtec Corporation
Location: 1503 W Main Street Ext., GROVE CITY, PENNSYLVANIA, 16127
NAICS: 336510
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was fitting an engine frame onto its roll-over fixture. As the employee was guiding the pins on the engine frame into the holes on the roll-over fixture, the frame moved downward and pinched the employee's left hand between the frame and the roll-over fixture. He was hospitalized for hand surgery.

Source

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