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OSHA Injury Report: Cheektowaga, NY

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Cheektowaga, NY in Cheektowaga, NY 14227 resulted in days away from work. Employee was assemblyline Operator in aftercoolers (i.e., heat exchangers) manufacturing.

Establishment
Cheektowaga, NY
Parent company
Fluid Handling, LLC
Street
175 Standard Pkwy
City
Cheektowaga
State
NY
ZIP
14227
On-site location
Gasket Plate and Frame C line Carry bar staging area
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
180

On [REDACTED] a 2nd shift employee had finished painting a large GPHE carry bar and had moved it by overhead crane to C line holding area. He had placed the carry bar vertically on three 4” x 4” wooden supports unhooked the chains from the carry bar and raised the crane. While raising the crane and chains up the carry bar fell over pinning the employee’s leg between the bar and the floor. The employee called for help and a nearby employee went to him for assistance. The second employee lowered the crane reconnected the chains to the carry bar and lifted it off the injured employee’s leg. The injured employee moved himself out of harm’s way and received first aid from site employees until the ambulance crew arrived on scene. The employee was transported to the hospital for further medical attention.

On [REDACTED] a 2nd shift employee had finished painting a large GPHE carry bar and had moved it by overhead crane to C line holding area. He had placed the carry bar vertically on three 4” x 4” wooden supports unhooked the chains from the carry bar and raised the crane. While raising the crane and chains up the carry bar fell over pinning the employee’s leg between the bar and the floor. The employee called for help and a nearby employee went to him for assistance. The second employee lowered the crane reconnected the chains to the carry bar and lifted it off the injured employee’s leg. The injured employee moved himself out of harm’s way and received first aid from site employees until the ambulance crew arrived on scene. The employee was transported to the hospital for further medical attention.

Right ankle fracture

approximately 1475 pound carry bar

Fracture right ankle approx. 1475 pound carry bar caught under.

Job description
Assemblyline Operator
SOC code
51-2092 — Team Assemblers
NAICS code
332410 — Aftercoolers (i.e., heat exchangers) manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
231
Total hours worked
344592
Establishment ID
1074429
Employer case #
194
Date of incident
Shift started
15:30:00.000
Time of incident
23:45:00.000
Submitted
17JAN24:20:41:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.