Fractures

Name: Fractures at Pedowitz Machinery Movers of Connecticut
Start: 9/28/2023

1 hospitalization · 2023098959 · 9/28/2023 · Pedowitz Machinery Movers of Connecticut

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Metal pipes, tubing
Secondary source: Structures and surfaces, unspecified

Employer

Name: Pedowitz Machinery Movers of Connecticut
Location: 1000 Western Ave, LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS, 01901
NAICS: 484230
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using an acetylene torch to cut through a 36-inch steel air compressor pipe for the removal of a compressor from the jobsite. After the employee cut the top and sides of the pipe, it buckled and pinned his leg against the floor/wall of the area below. The employee sustained a compound fracture to the right tibia and fibula.

Source

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