Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures

Name: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at ETS-Lindgren, Inc.
Start: 10/18/2024

1 hospitalization · 2024109714 · 10/18/2024 · ETS-Lindgren, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple body parts n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures

Cause

Event: Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
Source: Hydraulic and pressurized cylinders
Secondary source: Source, secondary source unspecified

Employer

Name: ETS-Lindgren, Inc.
Location: 1016 Waldron Road, DURANT, OKLAHOMA, 74701
NAICS: 334515
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance and replacing a seal under a plexiglass viewing cylinder in a pre-expander machine. As the employee was testing the machine before putting it back into service, the viewing cylinder exploded and the employee sustained lacerations to their chest, face, right arm and hand.

Source

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