Fractures and dislocations

Name: Fractures and dislocations at Wilson Machine & Welding, Inc.
Start: 5/6/2022

1 hospitalization · 2022053951 · 5/6/2022 · Wilson Machine & Welding, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Shoulder(s) and arm(s)
Nature of injury: Fractures and dislocations

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
Source: Tables, worktables
Secondary source: Floor, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Wilson Machine & Welding, Inc.
Location: 4787 Highway 78, CORDOVA, ALABAMA, 35550
NAICS: 332710
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was changing a pinion gear in the gearhead that drives a vertical turning lathe. The gearhead fell and the employee stepped out of its path and fell off the round worktable onto the floor. The employee sustained a dislocated and fractured left shoulder, a fractured left forearm, and contusions on the left elbow.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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