Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Miami Valley Steel Service, 201 Fox Drive, PIQUA, OHIO 45356
on — Fractures, affecting the arm(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was operating the production line (slitter) and attempted to remove a piece of scrap while the line was operating. A production line pivot arm came down and struck the employee's right arm fracturing it.
HospitalizedArm(s), unspecifiedMetal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
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