Struck by other propelled object or substance n.e.c. · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at MOHAWK INDUSTRIES, INC., 106 John Bankson Dr., SUMMERVILLE, GEORGIA 30747
on , Fractures, affecting the ears and facial region unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was cleaning/unjamming polymer that had hardened inside the pipe near the ball valve. As the employee was chipping it away with a pole, the ball valve that was in a locked-open position failed, released, and snapped close on the pole, causing the pole to jerk back and strike him in the face. The employee sustained a fracture to the face that required hospitalization.
HospitalizedEars and facial region unspecifiedTools, instruments, and equipment unspecified