Accident Report Detail
Accident: 25675.015 - Recycling Facility Worker Cutting Cylinder In Half Is Struck
Accident: 25675.015 -- Report ID: 0317700 -- Event Date: 08/17/2012 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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587901.015 | 08/22/2012 | Staiman Recycling Corporation | |||||
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:
oxygen, torch, arm, cutting and burning, flammable vapors, fracture, cylinder, compressed gas, torso, struck by
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | ||
1 | 587901.015 | 44 | M | Hospitalized injury | Bruise/Contus/Abras |