Open wounds involving internal organs, major blood vessels

Name: Open wounds involving internal organs, major blood vessels at CH&N Site Construction, Inc.
Start: 2/21/2024

1 hospitalization · 2024021626 · 2/21/2024 · CH&N Site Construction, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Eye(s)
Nature of injury: Open wounds involving internal organs, major blood vessels

Cause

Event: Struck by dislodged or detached object(s)
Source: Chips, pellets metal
Secondary source: Excavators

Employer

Name: CH&N Site Construction, Inc.
Location: Mechanicsburg Housing Development, MECHANICSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 17055
NAICS: 237110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

A mechanic was using a hammer to seat a bucket tooth onto an excavator bucket on the jobsite. A chunk of metal flew off the bucket tooth and went under the mechanic's safety glasses and impaled his eye.

Source

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