Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 146288.015 - Employee is injured when struck in chest by flying object

Accident Summary Nr: 146288.015 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 12/09/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1570692.015	12/31/2021		336330	Hellwig Products Co, Inc

Abstract: At 11:05 a.m. on December 9, 2021, an employee, a machine operator, was using a 260-ton hot metal press to form the ends of pre-heated metal rods when a 14.5 pound, 8-inch by 4-inch by 2-inch metal die spacer, which had been left in the press, shot out and struck him in the chest. The employee suffered a chest contusion, multiple rib fractures and a spleen laceration.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Chest, Forming, Fracture, Laceration, Machine operator, Metal, Press, Projectile, Rib, Spleen, Struck By

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1570692.015	30	M	Hospitalized injury

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