Fractures and burns

Name: Fractures and burns at Amsted Rail Company, Inc.
Start: 11/8/2022

1 hospitalization · 2022119812 · 11/8/2022 · Amsted Rail Company, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Nonclassifiable
Nature of injury: Fractures and burns

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
Source: Ladders, unspecified
Secondary source: Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: Amsted Rail Company, Inc.
Location: 1700 Walnut St., GRANITE CITY, ILLINOIS, 62040
NAICS: 336510
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

On November 8, 2022, at approximately 3:30 PM, an electrician was on a ladder to replace a pendant on a hoist when the employee contacted a powered terminal and was shocked by 460 volts of electricity. The employee then fell off the ladder and was hospitalized for a burn and fracture.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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