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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2023021606 · 2/20/2023 · Weldfit Corporation

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
Source
Machinery, unspecified
Secondary source
Pallet jack-nonpowered

Employer

Name
Weldfit Corporation
Location
4133 Southerland Rd., HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77092
NAICS
333249
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was moving a 2,500-pound stenciling machine into a lab using a manual pallet jack. As he was pushing it through the door it became jammed. The employee pushed it through the door and the stencil machine fell onto him, fracturing his femur. The employee was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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