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Vista Specialty Alloys, LLC

Struck by object or equipment, unspecified — Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. — ADAIRSVILLE, GEORGIA

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Vista Specialty Alloys, LLC in ADAIRSVILLE, GEORGIA
Employer Vista Specialty Alloys, LLC Report ID 2021064926
Address 800 Martin Luther King Dr City, State ZIP ADAIRSVILLE, GEORGIA 30103
Event Date June 16, 2021 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. Body Part Multiple trunk locations
Event Type Struck by object or equipment, unspecified Source of Injury Nonclassifiable
Secondary Source Metal sheets, ingots, bars-nonstructural
Industry (NAICS) 332313 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 34.36000, -84.90000

Incident Narrative

A 19-inch aluminum billet was being loaded onto a homogenizing oven pad with a forklift. Two employees were trying to reposition it using a pry bar when it rolled off the stack, causing a stacking rail or pad backstop to strike one of the employees in the back. The employee suffered four broken vertebrae in the lower back, as well as liver, spleen, and kidney lacerations.

Incident Summary

On June 16, 2021, a worker at Vista Specialty Alloys, LLC in ADAIRSVILLE, GEORGIA suffered fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. to the multiple trunk locations. The incident was classified as struck by object or equipment, unspecified, with nonclassifiable identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

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