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UPCO, Inc.

Struck, caught, or crushed in other collapsing structure or equipment — Fractures — CLAREMORE, OKLAHOMA

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at UPCO, Inc. in CLAREMORE, OKLAHOMA
Employer UPCO, Inc. Report ID 2016099092
Address 24403 Amah Parkway City, State ZIP CLAREMORE, OKLAHOMA 74019
Event Date September 26, 2016 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures Body Part Leg(s), unspecified
Event Type Struck, caught, or crushed in other collapsing structure or equipment Source of Injury Bundles, bales
Secondary Source Bands
Industry (NAICS) 333132 Inspection # 1180134
GPS Coordinates 36.25000, -95.66000

Incident Narrative

An employee was operating a pendant crane to move a bundle of 20 sinker bars onto a stack that was eight levels high. As he was unstrapping the hook from the bundle, a banding from another bundle beneath had become undone, causing the bundle of rods to collapse. He was caught in the fallen bundle of rods, causing multiple fractures to both legs. He was hospitalized and had surgery.

Incident Summary

On September 26, 2016, a worker at UPCO, Inc. in CLAREMORE, OKLAHOMA suffered fractures to the leg(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as struck, caught, or crushed in other collapsing structure or equipment, with bundles, bales identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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