Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures

Name: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at POWER MOTIVE CORPORATION
Start: 8/19/2025

1 hospitalization · 2025088238 · 8/19/2025 · POWER MOTIVE CORPORATION

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck by dislodged or detached object(s)
Source: Chips, pellets metal
Secondary source: Sledges, sledgehammers

Employer

Name: POWER MOTIVE CORPORATION
Location: 5000 VASQUEZ BLVD, DENVER, COLORADO, 80216
NAICS: 532412
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was working on an excavator's tracks. He was swinging a sledgehammer to finish pushing a metal tractor pin into the track links. A hammer-blow caused a piece of the pin to fly off, ricochet, and embed itself in his buttock. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

Source

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