OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221451925

317729555 - WESTERN WIRE WORKS INC

PORTLAND, OR· 2021-11-11T00:00:00

Event: Abrasion, Broken Bone, Caught In, Collapsed lung, Fracture, Lung, Machine operator, Rib, Torso, Weaving Loom
NAICS: 332618
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #345642326
Employer profile: 317729555 - WESTERN WIRE WORKS INC
Summary number: 221451925
Report ID: 1054112

Event description

Employee incurs multiple injuries while operating loom

Investigation abstract

At 10:30 p.m. on November 11, 2021, an employee was operating a loom. While reaching into the loom, he accidentally hit its pedal, which activated the machine and injured his torso. An ambulance transported the employee to a hospital, where he was hospitalized to treat a collapsed lung and multiple broken ribs. The full list of injuries included: pneumothorax, small right-sided contusion, right lung, right sixth rib fracture, right displaced seventh rib fracture, right eighth rib fracture, right ninth rib fracture, right lateral chest abrasions, and right flank abrasion.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 44 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
779

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