Struck by discharged object or substance · Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Estwing Manufacturing Company, Inc., 2647 8th St., ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS 61109
on — Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures, affecting the Thigh(s).
Final narrative
An employee was operating a forging machine to make a tool when a piece of metal broke off the machine and flew into his right thigh.
Hospitalized Thigh(s) Chips, pellets metal
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