STREATOR, ILLINOIS—
Plymouth Tube Company
Fall on same level due to slipping · Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Plymouth Tube Company, 1209 East 12th Street, STREATOR, ILLINOIS 61364 on — Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c., affecting the chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
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Final narrative
An employee slipped on ice in the parking lot of the facility and fell resulting in a bruised lung and fractured ribs.
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An employee was unjamming a die with a pry bar during a die change on a pointer machine. The machine cycled and the die crushed their left hand fingers. The employee sustained an amputation to their middle finger, a partial amputation to their ring finger, and a crushed index finger.
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An employee was performing a quality test on some small pipes and was putting the tubes in a hydraulic ram press. A three-inch disc was projected from the press, lacerating and injuring the employee's head. The employee was hospitalized.
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