Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Glen-Gery, 26 Rich Hill Road, CHESWICK, PENNSYLVANIA 15024
on — Fractures , affecting the Thigh(s).
Final narrative
On March 28, 2025, an employee entered a safety cell to perform an operational adjustment to the defacer machine. The machine lowered, causing the employee to sustain a broken femur.
Hospitalized Thigh(s) Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery unspecified
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