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

POPLAR BLUFF, MISSOURI—

BRIGGS & STRATTON CORPORATION

Struck by discharged object or substance · Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.

Final narrative

An employee was asked to help perform maintenance on a die cast machine. The employee entered the work area, got into a kneeling position, and began using an open-end wrench to remove a hydraulic hose so a fitting could be repaired. When the hose came free from the fixture, residual hydraulic pressure released and hydraulic fluid struck the employee in the chest. The employee fell backward and struck his head on surrounding machinery. The employee was hospitalized with a subdural hematoma, fractures to the forehead, orbital area, and ribs, and required stitches for a forehead laceration.

Hospitalized Head and trunk Lubricating greases, cutting oils

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