Enerfab Power & Industrial, Inc.

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment - Crushing injuries - SPRING GROVE, Pennsylvania

HOSPITALIZED, Worker hospitalized after incident at Enerfab Power & Industrial, Inc. in SPRING GROVE, Pennsylvania
Employer Enerfab Power & Industrial, Inc.
Address Pixelle Specialty Solutions, 228 South Main Street
City, State ZIP SPRING GROVE, Pennsylvania 17362
Report ID 2020065081
Event Date June 1, 2020
Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Crushing injuries
Body Part Arm(s), unspecified
Event Type Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source of Injury Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 238990
GPS Coordinates 39.87000, -76.86000

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Incident Narrative

An employee torch-cut an expansion joint around a piece of ductwork at a cage mill. After removal of the last piece of expansion joint, the top pipe chute came down and caught the employee's right arm between the top pipe chute and the bottom pipe chute. The employee sustained a crushing injury to the right arm, requiring hospitalization for surgery.

Incident Summary

On June 1, 2020, a worker at Enerfab Power & Industrial, Inc. in SPRING GROVE, Pennsylvania suffered crushing injuries to the arm(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment, with pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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