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Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
1 hospitalization · 2024087879 · 8/26/2024 · Hamburg Plowworks
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 1
- Amputation
- 0
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Lower leg(s)
- Nature of injury
- Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
Cause
- Event
- Struck by dislodged or detached object(s)
- Source
- Machine and tool parts, accessories n.e.c.
- Secondary source
- Grinders handtool
Employer
- Name
- Hamburg Plowworks
- Location
- 1021 SOUTH FOURTH STREET, HAMBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 19526
- NAICS
- 331511
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was using a hand grinder when the grinding disc broke and struck his lower left leg, lacerating it.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
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