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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2022042936 · 4/2/2022 · American Sugar Refining Company

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
Source
Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
Secondary source
Structures, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
American Sugar Refining Company
Location
1 Federal Street, YONKERS, NEW YORK, 10702
NAICS
311312
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

Employees were reinstalling the frame of a mechanical guard onto a raw sugar mixer. A chain fall was used to position the frame so it's weight was resting on the lower pedestal. The chain block was then unhooked, and an employee used a hammer to position the frame so the top bolt holes would be aligned. The bottom of the frame slipped off the pedestal and the frame fell two feet down onto the employee's right arm causing fractures to the radius and ulna.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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