Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Arconic, 71 Progress Avenue, CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, PENNSYLVANIA 16066
on — Fractures, affecting the back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee tried to reconnect an airline hose to a tilt table after using the hose to clean a piece of equipment. The table had been switched on, and it began to move to a vertical position while the employee was leaning under it to connect the hose. The employee was pinned between the table support beam and the front edge of the table. The employee suffered broken vertebrae in the back and was hospitalized.
HospitalizedBack, including spine, spinal cord, unspecifiedMachinery, unspecified
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