Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c. · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Coilplus Inc., 6610 Railway, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 78244
on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the upper arm(s).
Final narrative
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.
HospitalizedUpper arm(s)Material and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.
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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.
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