Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Name: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Missouri American Water
Start: 4/14/2015

1 hospitalization · 2015043762 · 4/14/2015 · Missouri American Water

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
Nature of injury: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Cause

Event: Sudden start or stop, nonroadway
Source: Tractor, unspecified

Employer

Name: Missouri American Water
Location: 4194 Meremac Bottom Road, SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI, 63129
NAICS: 221310
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee operating a tractor was travelling down a steep slope into a water basin when the tractor sped up and travelled down at a high rate of speed. When he reached the bottom, the tractor bounced and jarred him, causing a back injury that required hospitalization.

Source

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