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Voestalpine Roll Forming Corporation

Struck by discharged object or substance — Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds — FARRELL, PENNSYLVANIA

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Voestalpine Roll Forming Corporation in FARRELL, PENNSYLVANIA
Employer Voestalpine Roll Forming Corporation Report ID 2018054286
Address 250 Martin Luther King Blvd. City, State ZIP FARRELL, PENNSYLVANIA 16121
Event Date May 3, 2018 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds Body Part Hand(s), unspecified
Event Type Struck by discharged object or substance Source of Injury Nails, brads, tacks, nuts, bolts, washers
Secondary Source Nail guns-powered
Industry (NAICS) 332114 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 41.20000, -80.50000

Incident Narrative

An employee was assembling a wooden pallet using a pneumatic nail gun when a nail went through the employee's hand. The employee was hospitalized for hand trauma.

Incident Summary

On May 3, 2018, a worker at Voestalpine Roll Forming Corporation in FARRELL, PENNSYLVANIA suffered puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds to the hand(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as struck by discharged object or substance, with nails, brads, tacks, nuts, bolts, washers identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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