Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified · Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Jindal Tubular USA, LLC, 13092 Seaolane Rd., BAY SAINT LOUIS, MISSISSIPPI 39520
on — Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk, affecting the abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
Final narrative
An employee was cutting welding wire from a welding machine's welding head when he was struck from behind by the welding machine boom and knocked into a steel pipe that was being loaded onto the welding rack. He suffered a ruptured intestine and torn ligament in the right leg.
HospitalizedAbdomen, except internal location of diseases or disordersWelding machinery
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