Struck by discharged object or substance · Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Sandvik Materials Technology Inc., 982 Griffin Pond Road, CLARKS SUMMIT, PENNSYLVANIA 18411
on , Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds, affecting the hand(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was operating a machine that uses air pressure to push small plastic cleaning wads through half-inch diameter pipes to remove debris and oil. A metal rod from the machine broke off and remained in the pipe. When the cleaning plug and air pressure were applied to the pipe during the cleaning process, the pressure built up and eventually shot the metal rod out of the pipe. The metal rod entered the employee's left hand causing internal muscle and tissue damage requiring hospitalization.
HospitalizedHand(s), unspecifiedMachine, tool, and electric parts, n.e.c.