105,313Records 71,083Employers 85,290Hospitalizations 27,770Amputations 2015-01-01 2025-10-31
Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA—

Hawk Technical Services, LLC

Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified · Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk

Final narrative

The injured employee was walking down the length of the QA final bench or pipe inspection area. One employee pulled the release cord while another employee pushed the bridge arm down button that signals the hydraulic bridge arms to rotate approximately 90 degrees to the stop position. The arm struck the injured employee across the chest and pinned him to the post at the stop position. The employee suffered bruising and contusions to the chest area including the lungs.

Hospitalized Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders Machinery, unspecified

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