Fractures

Name: Fractures at Union Industrial Construction
Start: 8/26/2020

1 hospitalization · 2020088120 · 8/26/2020 · Union Industrial Construction

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Face, unspecified
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
Source: Saws-powered, except chainsaws

Employer

Name: Union Industrial Construction
Location: North Ridge West, ASHTABULA, OHIO, 44004
NAICS: 236115
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was cutting a ductile water line pipe to be replaced using a gas powered cut off saw. Something caused the saw to kick upwards and the body of the saw struck the employee's face causing fractures and a laceration. The employee was hospitalized.

Source

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