Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.

Name: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at Gaven Industries Inc.
Start: 2/3/2020

1 hospitalization · 2020021103 · 2/3/2020 · Gaven Industries Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Hand(s) and finger(s)
Nature of injury: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Caps, lids, covers, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Gaven Industries Inc.
Location: 6655 North Noah Drive, SAXONBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 16056
NAICS: 332999
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

Two employees had lifted a 200-pound hatch and attached a gas shock to the hatch assembly (to be prototyped as a hold-open device). A third employee reached up to pull on the hatch and determine the force needed for the hatch to close with the gas shock in place. The tack welds that held one end of the gas shock broke, causing the hatch to close on the employee's right hand. The employee's hand and fingers were broken and a tendon and an artery in the hand were torn.

Source

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