Fractures

Name: Fractures at U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Start: 4/1/2015

1 hospitalization · 2015041666 · 4/1/2015 · U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Hip(s)
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
Source: Nonclassifiable

Employer

Name: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Location: Melvin Price Lock and Dam, GRANITE CITY, ILLINOIS, 62040
NAICS: 921190
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee pulled on a rope that opens an overhead hatch. The rope broke, causing the employee to lose his balance and fall 30 inches. He broke his hip and required hospitalization and surgery.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown