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

FRANKLIN, PENNSYLVANIA—

Franklin Industries

Struck by running powered equipment irregular movement, kick back · Fractures and surface, flesh wounds

Final narrative

An employee was behind an upright shield guard. He was raking 12-foot-long U-channel bars into a pile as they were kicked off a gauge table. In between kickoffs, the employee stepped to the side to approach the pile. The next set of bars were contacted by the kickers at the same time the gauge came down on the bars. This caused a bar to fly toward the employee instead of falling. The employee was struck on the bridge of the nose, resulting in a laceration and a fracture requiring surgery. A guard was in place at the time.

Hospitalized Nose, nasal cavity Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery unspecified

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