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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2021098192 · 9/22/2021 · Bigbee Steel and Tank Company

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Skull
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
Source
Jacks
Secondary source
Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space

Employer

Name
Bigbee Steel and Tank Company
Location
4535 Elizabethtown Road, MANHEIM, PENNSYLVANIA, 17545
NAICS
332420
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

Two employees were fabricating a 50,000-gallon steel storage tank and were putting the last head on the tank. One employee was on top of the tank, jacking the head seam tight, when the lug where the jack's hook was attached tore free from the weld on the shell. The jack fell and struck the injured employee, who was on the ground, in the head causing his hard hat to come off. The injured employee became disoriented. Moments later, the chain, hook, and lug also fell and struck the injured employee. The injured employee was hospitalized with a skull fracture and head laceration.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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