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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2024054455 · 5/21/2024 · Watsontown Brick Company

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Pelvis
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Struck by running powered equipment unspecified
Source
Stacking machinery
Secondary source
Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name
Watsontown Brick Company
Location
86 Portmay Rd, WATSONTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 17777
NAICS
327121
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was observing the operation of the stacker machine and climbed onto a platform to align bricks in the stacker. While the employee was on the platform, the machine cycled, striking and pinning him to the chain conveyor. The employee suffered abrasions on his arms and hairline fractures of his pelvis.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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