Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Penn Aluminum International LLC, 1117 North Second Street, MURPHYSBORO, ILLINOIS 62966
on — Fractures, affecting the arm(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was using a crane to place aluminum bundles onto a trailer. The banding and wood on the bundle became caught up on the material that was already loaded, causing the banding on the bundle to break. The employee went to stop the stack from moving in the wrong direction when his left arm was caught between the bundles and fractured.
HospitalizedArm(s), unspecifiedBundles, bales
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