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Multiple surface and flesh wounds

1 hospitalization · 20241110424 · 11/8/2024 · HVFG, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Multiple regions of the head
Nature of injury
Multiple surface and flesh wounds

Cause

Event
Struck by running powered equipment n.e.c.
Source
Saws except chainsaws
Secondary source
Eye and face protection

Employer

Name
HVFG, LLC
Location
80 Brooks Road, FERNDALE, NEW YORK, 12734
NAICS
561499
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

On 11/08/2024, an employee was working on piping a refrigeration condenser. Refrigeration condensers arrive from the factory with the internal piping pressurized and the end capped. The employee was cutting a capped refrigeration line when the cap blew off, striking the battery-operated saw he was using and knocking the saw it into his face. He was cut under the nose and struck on the head. The angle of the impact pushed metal fragments under his safety glasses and into his eyes. The employee sustained metal fragments in his eyes, lacerations to the face, and contusions to the head.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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