Universal Stainless & Alloy Products, Inc.

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Fractures — BRIDGEVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Universal Stainless & Alloy Products, Inc. in BRIDGEVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA
Employer Universal Stainless & Alloy Products, Inc. Report ID 2018099578
Address 600 Mayer Street City, State ZIP BRIDGEVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA 15017
Event Date September 16, 2018 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures Body Part Thigh(s)
Event Type Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment Source of Injury Cranes, unspecified
Secondary Source Dies, molds, patterns
Industry (NAICS) 331110 Inspection #
GPS Coordinates 40.36000, -80.09000

Incident Narrative

An employee was positioning molds onto a car using a remote control crane when the two molds that were on the crane moved and pinned his leg between the two molds on the crane and the two stationary molds. His right femur broke.

Incident Summary

On September 16, 2018, a worker at Universal Stainless & Alloy Products, Inc. in BRIDGEVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA suffered fractures to the thigh(s). The incident was classified as compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment, with cranes, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

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