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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2022010752 · 1/25/2022 · M. Lipsitz & Co., Ltd.

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Lower leg(s)
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
Source
Construction, logging, and mining machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
M. Lipsitz & Co., Ltd.
Location
OK Iron & Metal Co., ARDMORE, OKLAHOMA, 73401
NAICS
423930
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee positioned himself under a piece of equipment to loosen a grease fitting, a metal fitting used to feed lubricants into a bearing under moderate to high pressure using a grease gun. The equipment slipped forward and struck the employee's right leg, resulting in a lower leg fracture.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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