Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures

Name: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at HME, Inc.
Start: 8/27/2024

1 hospitalization · 2024087962 · 8/27/2024 · HME, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Foot (feet), toe(s) unspecified
Nature of injury: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures

Cause

Event: Struck by other falling object n.e.c.
Source: Panels, sheets, plates metal
Secondary source: Other material and personnel handling machinery n.e.c.

Employer

Name: HME, Inc.
Location: 2828 NW Button Road, TOPEKA, KANSAS, 66618
NAICS: 332312
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating a beam rotator when the chain bumped a steel plate that was stacked on top of the flange. The plate fell off the beam and landed on the employee's left foot, resulting in a laceration.

Source

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