Fractures

Name: Fractures at Wolverine Tube, Inc.
Start: 11/12/2021

1 hospitalization · 2021119804 · 11/12/2021 · Wolverine Tube, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: Wolverine Tube, Inc.
Location: 2100 Market Street NE, DECATUR, ALABAMA, 35601
NAICS: 331318
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was applying lubricant to a machine in "auto-mode." The employee climbed over the slide and entered the area where the machine moved the slide traveler, which impacted his right leg and pushed him against the machine. The employee sustained a fractured right femur.

Source

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