OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221357387

VITRO MEADVILLE FLAT GLASS, LLC

COCHRANTON, PA· 2021-05-15T00:00:00

Event: Barrier Guard, Cleaning, Concrete Floor, Defect, Defective, Dislocated, Elevated Work Platform, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Floor Hole, Fracture, Glass, Guardrail, Hopper, Insufficient Supervision, Machine operator, Metal, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Platform, Production Line, Raised platform, Rib, Shoulder, Shoulder Bone, Silo, Structural Collapse, Supervision, Walking Surface, Work Platform, Work Surface
NAICS: 327211
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345320188
Employer profile: VITRO MEADVILLE FLAT GLASS, LLC
Summary number: 221357387
Report ID: 0336000

Event description

Employee fractures ribs and shoulder in fall through floor

Investigation abstract

At 2:30 p.m. on May 15, 2021, an employee working for a flat glass manufacturer was cleaning dust build-up off machine behind the hopper. The employee climbed over the guard rails to clean an area between silos and platforms. He stepped on a weak spot and fell through the floor to the concrete floor below. The employee was hospitalized to treat broken ribs and a dislocated and fractured shoulder.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 56 M

Event type
5

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