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Multiple traumatic injuries and disorders, n.e.c.

1 hospitalization · 2022053918 · 5/5/2022 · Quality Tool, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
Nature of injury
Multiple traumatic injuries and disorders, n.e.c.

Cause

Event
Struck by discharged or flying object, n.e.c.
Source
Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
Secondary source
Punch presses

Employer

Name
Quality Tool, Inc.
Location
301 SUNRISE RIDGE ROAD, BROOKINGS, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57006
NAICS
332710
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was operating a coil-fed hydraulic punch press when a strip of material jammed in the die. The employee removed the guide rails and cleared the jam. The employee then re-secured the guide rails to the bottom die set by tightening the bolts. The employee then cycled the press, and a 2-inch guide rail shot out of the die and embedded in the employee's right side directly below the chest cavity causing a laceration, blunt force trauma, and a bruised liver. The employee required hospitalization and surgery.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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