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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2024010893 · 1/29/2024 · National Pipe and Plastics Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Head and trunk
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Struck by dislodged or detached object(s)
Source
Pipes and tubes plastic, PVC, rubber
Secondary source
Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery unspecified

Employer

Name
National Pipe and Plastics Inc.
Location
15 Mills Avenue, ENDICOTT, NEW YORK, 13760
NAICS
326122
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

A machine used to form PVC pipe began to jam up; the formed pipe began to bow. An employee cut the pipe, and a piece of it flew into another employee. That employee suffered a fractured left eye orbit, fractures to facial bones on the left side, and three fractured left-side ribs.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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