Slip, trip, stumble or fall on same level fall unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at PIPELIFE JET STREAM INC., 1700 South Lincoln Street, SILOAM SPRINGS, ARKANSAS 72761
on — Fractures , affecting the Ankle(s).
Final narrative
A maintenance technician was removing a gasket that was hung up on a mandrel and stepped over a 18-inch PVC pipe that was being produced. When they planted their foot on the ground, they sustained a fractured left ankle.
A maintenance employee was checking for holes in the chamber gasket of a belling machine when his left arm went through the gasket holder. The mandrel and gasket loader closed and caught the employee's arm, resulting in forearm fractures, crush injuries, and torn skin.
An employee was cleaning the pipe machine while waiting for a PVC pipe to come out of another machine. The pipe machine clamped down on his right index finger and crushed it, resulting in a partial amputation.
An employee was unjamming a pipe in a grinder machine. As the pipe loosened, the door to the grinder slammed shut on his right ring fingertip, amputating it from the tip to the middle of the fingernail.
An employee was placing a piece of pipe on a baler table when the pipe began to roll off the table. The employee tried to catch the rolling pipe and caught his finger between the baler table and the pipe.
An employee was painting a sign structure when they tripped on the catwalk and a piece of metal on the catwalk lacerated their forearm. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
An employee was walking into a building when she slipped on cherry blossom petals that were on the wet concrete of the entryway, injuring her right ankle. The employee was admitted to the hospital and required surgery.
An employee was bringing tools to the side of a billet mill. He tripped over a roll set sled and his chest struck a metal fixture used to hold the roll set. He suffered a broken sternum.
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