Fractures and burns

Name: Fractures and burns at Wieland Rolled Products North America, LLC
Start: 2/2/2022

1 hospitalization · 2022020997 · 2/2/2022 · Wieland Rolled Products North America, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple body parts, unspecified
Nature of injury: Fractures and burns

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Material and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Wieland Rolled Products North America, LLC
Location: 305 Lewis and Clark Blvd, EAST ALTON, ILLINOIS, 62024
NAICS: 331420
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was moving a copper coil to a staging area. This movement utilizes a machine-driven, slow-moving coil car running along a track. When the coil reached the employee's location, the coil pinned them to the guard rail, resulting in burns and a pelvis fracture.

Source

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