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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221417157

VAN VARICK AND SONS INC.

Event
Falling Object, Laceration, Material Handling, Metal, Wrist
NAICS
424710
Inspection type
Referral
Activity number
#345673842
Employer profile
VAN VARICK AND SONS INC.
Summary number
221417157
Report ID
0214500

Event description

Employee suffers deep wrist laceration when cut by falling m

Investigation abstract

On December 2, 2021, an employee was helping a coworker lift metal sheet scraps into a dumpster, when the scraps slipped out of their hands. As the coworker let go of the falling scraps, the employee tried to catch them and suffered a deep laceration to the left wrist. The employee was hospitalized.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 18 M

    Event type
    1
    Occupation code
    889

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