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I Schumann and Company

Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury — BEDFORD, OHIO

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at I Schumann and Company in BEDFORD, OHIO
Employer I Schumann and Company Report ID 2015096763
Address 22500 ALEXANDER RD City, State ZIP BEDFORD, OHIO 44146
Event Date September 15, 2015 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury Body Part Leg(s), unspecified
Event Type Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part Source of Injury Scrap metal
Secondary Source Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport-powered, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 331492 Inspection # 1094337
GPS Coordinates 41.35000, -81.51000

Incident Narrative

The employee was working with another coworker in the process of charging a furnace (place scrap metal into the furnace). The injured worker's coworker was on a PIV that had a hopper on the lifts. In the hopper were briquetted radiators (compressed radiators in bales). As the hopper was being moved on the PIV, the hopper latching mechanism malfunctioned causing the hopper to tip and the briquetted radiators to fall out and roll into the injured employee's leg.

Incident Summary

On September 15, 2015, a worker at I Schumann and Company in BEDFORD, OHIO suffered soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury to the leg(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part, with scrap metal identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

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