Fractures

Name: Fractures at Young Galvanizing, Inc.
Start: 9/30/2020

1 amputation · 2020099263 · 9/30/2020 · Young Galvanizing, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Leg(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
Source: Beams-unattached metal

Employer

Name: Young Galvanizing, Inc.
Location: 8281 Mercer Street, PULASKI, PENNSYLVANIA, 16143
NAICS: 332812
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

Employees were using an overhead crane to submerge metal I-beams and girders in a galvanizing dip tank. Other I-beams and girders were stacked on the shop floor waiting to be processed. The stack was bumped, causing three I-beams/girders (weighing about 4,000 pounds in total) to fall off and strike an employee's leg. The employee was hospitalized with multiple leg fractures.

Source

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