Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 25675.015 - Recycling facility worker cutting cylinder in half is struck

Accident Summary Nr: 25675.015 -- Report ID: 0317700 -- Event Date: 08/17/2012
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
587901.015	08/22/2012		423510	Staiman Recycling Corporation

Abstract: At 3:00 p.m. on August 17, 2012, an employee was working at a recycling facility. He was using an alligator shear to cut an aluminum oxygen cylinder in half. The oxygen cylinder struck the employee. The employee sustained a fractured arm and internal injuries.

Keywords: Arm, Compressed Gas, Cutting And Burning, Cylinder, Flammable Vapors, Fracture, Oxygen, Struck By, Torch, Torso

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	587901.015	44	M	Hospitalized injury

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