Cuts, lacerations

Name: Cuts, lacerations at COWELL STEEL STRUCTURES, INC.
Start: 4/6/2020

1 hospitalization · 2020043118 · 4/6/2020 · COWELL STEEL STRUCTURES, INC.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
Source: Chips, particles, splinters, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Hand grinders-powered

Employer

Name: COWELL STEEL STRUCTURES, INC.
Location: 7695 Hwy 64, ATKINS, ARKANSAS, 72823
NAICS: 332311
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a grinder with a cutoff wheel to cut pipe. The wheel broke apart and struck the employee in the left forearm, pieces of it became embedding in the forearm. The employee was hospitalized.

Source

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