Ingestion of harmful substance · Effects of poison, toxic, or allergenic exposure unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at JCB Manufacturing, Inc., 2000 Bamford Blvd, POOLER, GEORGIA 31322
on — Effects of poison, toxic, or allergenic exposure unspecified, affecting the BODY SYSTEMS .
Final narrative
An employee was walking around and performing basic job duties on assembly prior to shipment. They drank from a water bottle that contained windshield washer fluid. The employee sustained stomach injuries and was hospitalized.
Hospitalized BODY SYSTEMS Alcohols except ingested unspecified
The employee had just removed the arm of a skid steer from a fixture using a chain hoist with a hook and placed the arm on the floor. After the arm was placed on the floor, the employee removed the hook and began raising the hook with the hoist. While raising, the hook caught on the side of the arm causing it to turn over onto the employee's lower left leg and fracture it.
An employee was using an overhead crane with a two-leg chain sling to lift a loader arm sub assembly. One of the two legs was not attached and was secured on a jib crane in the area when the load was lifted, causing the loader arm sub assembly to fall and strike the employee. They sustained right foot and leg fractures.
An employee was on a surface two feet from the floor, checking the quality of a skid steer. As she pulled on a pin in the skid steer, she slipped and fell onto the floor, resulting in injuries to the right shoulder, face, and head.
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