Fractures and surface, flesh wounds

Name: Fractures and surface, flesh wounds at Worthington Enterprises
Start: 8/16/2024

1 hospitalization · 2024087562 · 8/16/2024 · Worthington Enterprises

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Ankle(s) and leg(s) n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Fractures and surface, flesh wounds

Cause

Event: Struck by other falling object n.e.c.
Source: Panels, sheets, plates metal
Secondary source: Conveyors unspecified

Employer

Name: Worthington Enterprises
Location: 333 Maxtown Road, WESTERVILLE, OHIO, 43082
NAICS: 332420
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was feeding sets of steel blanks into a machine to manufacture propane tanks. A set of 90 steel blanks were set on a conveyor using a forklift. The employee was manually rotating this set of blanks when the blanks fell on his leg. The employee was hospitalized with an ankle fracture and leg lacerations.

Source

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