Cuts, lacerations

Name: Cuts, lacerations at Weis Markets, Incorporated
Start: 7/29/2020

1 hospitalization · 2020077113 · 7/29/2020 · Weis Markets, Incorporated

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
Source: Lubricating greases, cutting oils
Secondary source: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered

Employer

Name: Weis Markets, Incorporated
Location: 1000 South Second Street, SUNBURY, PENNSYLVANIA, 17801
NAICS: 445110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was lubricating the lift cylinder of a powered industrial truck. When grease lubricant was injected, it came out of a crack in the truck's grease hose and perforated the skin of the employee's right palm. The employee was hospitalized.

Source

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