Struck by object or equipment, unspecified · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Ensinger Special Polymers, Inc., 12331 Cutten Road, HOUSTON, TEXAS 77066
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
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Final narrative
An employee was stripping a mold (removing product from the mold). In staging the part for stripping, the pusher and mandrel were misaligned which caused the tool to kick out, striking the employee in the chest. The employee sustained blunt force trauma to the chest.
HospitalizedChest, except internal location of diseases or disordersTools, instruments, and equipment, unspecified
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