Voestalpine Automotive Components Cartersville Inc.
Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Voestalpine Automotive Components Cartersville Inc., 21 Voestalpine Drive , WHITE, GEORGIA 30184
on — Fractures, affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..
Final narrative
The injured employee was performing a parts inventory. Four parts-bins were being moved with a forklift by another employee. One of the bins collapsed and the load shifted. The upper bins fell, striking the injured employee and causing lacerations to the face requiring stitches, abrasions to the left side of the back, and fractures to the left scapula, one left rib, and the left clavicle.
HospitalizedMultiple body parts, n.e.c.Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
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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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