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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2020043012 · 4/2/2020 · Primex Plastics Corporation

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Wrist(s)
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
Source
Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
Secondary source
Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified

Employer

Name
Primex Plastics Corporation
Location
61 River Drive, GARFIELD, NEW JERSEY, 07026
NAICS
325991
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was standing on a pallet that a forklift operator had lifted approximately 10 feet in the air to remove an exhaust pipe. The employee fell from the pallet while attempting to remove the exhaust pipe and struck his left wrist on a water pipe as he fell to the floor. He suffered a severe fracture of his left wrist resulting in hospitalization.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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