Accident Report Detail
Accident Summary Nr: 170380661 - Employee's face and skull fractured by flying spring
Inspection Nr | Date Opened | SIC | NAICS | Establishment Name |
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120290697 | 05/22/1995 | 1541 | 0 | G.L. Mezzetta Inc. |
Abstract: Employee #1, a yard supervisor, was working alone in the paved exterior of a storage yard for a food processing plant, dismantling the air brakes on an unused stored commercial truck. A spring flew off, striking him in the face and causing serious fractures and crushing injuries to his face, sinuses, and skull. Employee #1 had received no training on proper disassembly techniques for springs under tension.
Employee # | Inspection Nr | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation |
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1 | 120290697 | Hospitalized injury | Fracture | Management related occupations, n.e.c. |