Struck by discharged object or substance · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Airgas Specialty Products Inc, 900 Delaware Avenue, PALMERTON, PENNSYLVANIA 18071
on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the jaw, chin.
Final narrative
An employee sustained a jaw laceration when air pressure released due to a blown gas line. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery.
An employee was installing wood trim surrounding a skylight inside a home. While holding a piece of trim in it's desired location, his pneumatic nail gun discharged, sending a 3/4-inch pin nail into his left forearm.
An employee removed a safety valve on a trailer that unknowingly contained nitrogen gas. The gas released from the trailer and pushed the employee backward off a scaffold approximately 10 feet before they struck a garage door, resulting in a pelvic injury.
An employee was sitting at her workstation when a nail gun malfunctioned and shot a nail into her left leg. She suffered a puncture and blood vessel injury and was hospitalized.
On November 25, 2023, an employee was using a high-pressured water hose to perform sewer line cleaning operations. The employee's right little finger and palm were lacerated by pressurized water from the hose.
An employee was exiting a jockey truck to disconnect the trailer when he fell from the truck to the ground. The employee sustained a fractured forearm.
An employee was walking in the parking lot from the office to the parts building when he slipped and fell due to winter conditions. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to the right tibia and fibula, requiring surgery.
An employee was loading a cryogenic liquid cylinder onto a cart to move onto a truck when their finger was caught between the cylinder and the cart frame. The employee's left index fingertip was amputated and they lost a nail.
An employee was manually moving blocks of dry ice when their right middle finger was pinched between a returning hydraulic arm and the railing around the conveyor belt system. The finger was partially amputated.
An employee was pulling a cylinder onto the lift gate of a truck when the wheels of the cylinder became stuck on the plate. The employee pulled harder to get the wheels unstuck. The cylinder fell and struck him in the stomach, pushing him back into the rear of the truck. The employee sustained a fractured lower back.
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.