Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures

Name: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at MBC Companies
Start: 9/21/2024

1 hospitalization · 2024098824 · 9/21/2024 · MBC Companies

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Trunk and other lower extremities
Nature of injury: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures

Cause

Event: Struck by dislodged or detached object(s)
Source: Chips, particles, splinters unspecified
Secondary source: Fan and turbine parts

Employer

Name: MBC Companies
Location: 1501 Willow St., LEBANON, PENNSYLVANIA, 17046
NAICS: 311412
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was waiting for the production line to start. A fan motor overheated, malfunctioned, and shattered. Motor housing pieces struck the employee causing lacerations to their back and the back of a leg.

Source

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