Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c. · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Ellwood National Crankshaft, 1 Front Street, IRVINE, PENNSYLVANIA 16329
on — Fractures, affecting the face, unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was walking to a locker room restroom. He tripped and fell, and his face struck a steel column with a latch mount for a fire extinguished. He suffered a facial fracture with damage to the eye area.
HospitalizedFace, unspecifiedFloor, n.e.c.
More severe injuries at Ellwood National Crankshaft
On October 31, 2022, at approximately 2:13 PM, two employees were inspecting a crankshaft on rollers. Employee 1 was rotating the crankshaft manually as employee 2 was checking a gauge. Employee 2's hand was caught in a pinch point between the rollers and the counterweight of the crankshaft, resulting in an a partial amputation of the right thumb.
An employee was on a two-step ladder performing cleaning activities in the de-oiler machine. The employee fell back and his right arm was caught in the equipment, resulting in a right forearm fracture that required surgery.
An employee was changing an insert in the tool head of a CNC machine. The employee had stepped up approximately 28 inches onto the door track of the machine. When the employee went to step back down to the floor, they lost balance and fell backward onto a rack of metal parts. The employee sustained a compression fracture to the spine.
An employee was packaging steel coils on a turntable. As he walked across the turntable, he slipped and fell onto a coil. His left bicep was lacerated by the slit edge of a coil.
An employee was monitoring a lumber-stacking machine when they slipped and fell into an unbanded bundle of lumber. The outer row of lumber then fell on their left leg, fracturing their leg and ankle.
An employee was pulling a steel parts handcart when its wheels caught on something and locked up. The cart fell backward. The cart handle struck the middle of the employee's right foot, breaking bones. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
An employee was cutting wood with a circular saw. The saw kicked back, and its blade cut three fingers on the employee's right hand, resulting in an amputation.
Two employees were running a CNC folder machine. The injured employee went to adjust the metal and the machine came down, crushing her forearms. Her left arm was fractured and both arms required stitches.
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.