Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Titanium Metals Corporation, 900 Hemlock Road, MORGANTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA 19543
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the hand(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
Two temporary employees were cleaning around a machine. One of the employees lifted the machine with a forklift as the second employee reached underneath it. The machine then slid off the forks and onto the second employee's left hand and fingers.
While walking down a set of stairs that had four steps, an employee missed a step and slid down the stairs, catching his leg between the upper and lower hand rail. The employee's knee twisted, tearing a thigh muscle.
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.
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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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