Cuts, lacerations

Name: Cuts, lacerations at Vallourec USA Corporation
Start: 12/9/2022

1 hospitalization · 20221210705 · 12/9/2022 · Vallourec USA Corporation

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Wrist(s)
Nature of injury: Cuts, lacerations

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Threading and tapping machines

Employer

Name: Vallourec USA Corporation
Location: 2669 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO, 44510
NAICS: 331210
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee working in the threading department was using a tool to move a pipe into position in a machine. The machine jogged, causing the pipe to move toward the employee and pin their hand between the pipe and a pipe stop. The employee sustained a laceration to their right wrist.

Source

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