Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk

Name: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Waupaca Foundry, Inc.
Start: 7/17/2021

1 hospitalization · 2021075859 · 7/17/2021 · Waupaca Foundry, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
Nature of injury: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk

Cause

Event: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source: Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: Waupaca Foundry, Inc.
Location: 805 Ogden Street, MARINETTE, WISCONSIN, 54143
NAICS: 331511
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was removing slag from the walls of a receiver with a chipping hammer. The employee was caught between a hot metal carrier ladle and chisel bits and suffered a crushing injury to the torso that resulted in a lacerated liver. The employee was hospitalized.

Source

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