Fractures

Name: Fractures at Kennametal, Inc.
Start: 5/7/2022

1 hospitalization · 2022053973 · 5/7/2022 · Kennametal, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
Source: Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
Secondary source: Scaffolds-staging, unspecified

Employer

Name: Kennametal, Inc.
Location: 7300 HWY 20 West, HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA, 35806
NAICS: 333514
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was on a work platform and accessed the top rail of a 48-inch handrail to manipulate an inlet shutoff valve approximately 8 feet above the work platform. The employee fell approximately 4 feet onto the floor of the platform and fractured his right hip.

Source

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