Cuts, lacerations

Name: Cuts, lacerations at Dual Fuel Corp.
Start: 4/17/2023

1 hospitalization · 2023043419 · 4/17/2023 · Dual Fuel Corp.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
Source: Heating and cooking machinery and appliances, unspecified
Secondary source: Strapping

Employer

Name: Dual Fuel Corp.
Location: 32 Courtlandt Street, MOUNT VERNON, NEW YORK, 10550
NAICS: 332410
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was helping secure a support structure for a heat exchanger that was going to be cut. The support structure was cut and the heat exchanger put tension on the strap that was securing it. The strap then broke and the heat exchanger fell. It struck the employee causing a laceration to their left lower leg.

Source

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