Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Dresser-Rand Company, 203 Precision Road, HORSHAM, PENNSYLVANIA 19044
on — Fractures, affecting the ankle(s).
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Final narrative
A maintenance employee was disassembling a machine. The machine was locked out and the alignment pins were installed to hold the part in place. After the last bolt was removed, the weight of the part sheared both pins and the part fell, striking the employee and breaking his ankle.
HospitalizedAnkle(s)Machine and appliance parts, unspecified
An employee was installing a valve on a compressor cylinder. The valve flipped and as the employee tried to stop it, his hands were caught in a pinch point causing amputation of the middle, ring, and pinky fingertips on the right hand. The employee was hospitalized and the fingertips were reattached.
An employee was using de-burring tools to remove burrs from a 25 inch metal diaphragm weighing 135 pounds. Two 2x2s were lying flat on a metal table and the diaphragm was placed on top. The employee had finished de-burring the top side of the diaphragm and was in the process of manually flipping it over when the 2x2 on the left side kicked out and the employee's left hand got caught between the fins on the diaphragm and the metal table, amputating the middle fingertip.
An employee was transporting an 800-pound die on a cart from the tool room. The employee was pulling the cart when it struck a metal plate on the floor. This caused the cart to tip forward and the die to slide off the cart. The die struck the employee's left foot and their second toe was amputated.
An employee was using a forklift to load pallets of product on a trailer. He exited the forklift to adjust a pallet by hand. The pallet fell on him, resulting in an injury to the left leg.
An employee was lifting a 500-pound steel counterweight off a pallet using a magnetic hold jib crane. The counterweight detached from the crane and the employee sustained a left foot/toe fracture that required surgery.
An employee was using a pipe wrench to turn a 42-foot-long steel pipe on jack stands to weld the bottom portion. The pipe fell off the stands, striking the injured employee on his left shin. The employee sustained a left leg fracture at the shin area as well as a tibia fracture that required surgery.
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An employee was spotting a crane when the load (fabricated skid for packaged equipment) that was being picked up came loose and fell on the employee. The employee sustained a crush injury resulting in a fractured pelvis.
An employee was setting up dies on a die casting machine. The machine's ram unexpectedly returned from the down position and caught the tip of the employee's right thumb against a pinch point in the shot sleeve. The employee suffered an open fracture/amputation to the thumb tip. The machine was not locked out at the time.
Employee 1 was cleaning a paint gun using paint thinner when employee 2 started a lighter nearby and the cup of paint thinner ignited. Employee 2 dropped the cup and the ignited paint thinner spilled, causing burns on employee 2's arms, legs, hands, and face.
An employee was servicing a reciprocating air compressor when their left middle finger was caught in a belt motor pulley sheave while manually moving the belt. Approximately 1/4 inch of the employee's left middle fingertip was amputated.
An employee was walking into the motor control center (MCC) room when his right ring finger was caught in the hinge of a doorway. He sustained an open phalanx fracture, which resulted in a partial amputation above the first knuckle.
An employee was changing the spacing on a telehandler's forks. A fork slipped, and the employee's left index finger was caught between it and the mast. The fingertip was medically amputated at the first knuckle.
An employee was pulling down a broken skid with a forklift. When the employee backed up the forklift to get the forks out of the skid he pulled down, he contacted the forks of another parked forklift, fracturing both of his legs. He was hospitalized.
An employee was carrying cups back to the kitchen when her foot got caught on a cart and she fell face-first. During the fall, a piece of glass from a cup cut the inside of her mouth, severing an artery. She also sustained a laceration on her lower lip. The employee was hospitalized.
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