Struck by thrown object-unintentional injury · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at DMI Companies, 1502 Industrial Drive, MONONGAHELA, PENNSYLVANIA 15063
on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the wrist(s).
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Final narrative
A piece of sheet metal was hanging from a dumpster and an employee attempted to flip the metal into the container. As he did, the metal caught his right wrist causing a laceration that required hospitalization for surgery to repair a nicked artery.
An employee was setting up a machine when a piece of steel caught his hand and pushed his pinky finger into a saw blade, resulting in an amputation of the left pinky fingertip.
An employee had picked up a piece of steel tubing at each end to throw it into a recycling bin. When the employee threw the tube, it caught on a fixed air pipe. The employee's right hand was caught between the end of the tube and the pipe, and the employee's index finger was broken.
As part of a sidewalk demolition project, the injured employee was loading rocks and concrete by hand into the bucket of a skid steer. A rock thrown by another employee struck the injured employee's left hand, causing a partial amputation of the middle finger.
A temporary employee was picking up a metal bed frame and throwing it in the back of a garbage truck. The bed frame bounced off the truck and struck the left side of the employee's head, resulting in a concussion and a laceration.
An employee was walking on the ground with an inspector when they were struck by a falling temporary guardrail. The employee sustained muscle and ligament tears as well as internal bleeding.
An employee was working as an umpire near second base at a baseball game when they were struck in the head by a baseball thrown from the outfield. The employee sustained a subarachnoid hemorrhage, displaced temporal bone, and nondisplaced fracture of the left zygomatic bone.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 332322)
An employee was driving a forklift when its right front wheel dropped off a 6-inch curb. The forklift rolled over and trapped him against the concrete surface. He suffered a broken pelvis, ribs, and collarbone, as well as a collapsed lung.
An employee was operating a brake press when the top die broke, causing the bottom die to roll out and onto the employee's legs. Both of the employee's legs were crushed below the knee, and both legs were partially amputated. The employee's left leg was also fractured above the knee.
An employee was performing routine maintenance on a shear machine when the machine's foot pedal was engaged and the blade contacted his right middle finger, resulting in a partial amputation.
An employee was helping to tighten down a metal packaging band for shipping. The metal band broke and struck the employee across their face, cutting their left face/eye area. The employee was hospitalized.
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.