Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk

Name: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Olympic Moving and Storage, Inc.
Start: 5/29/2015

1 hospitalization · 2015053283 · 5/29/2015 · Olympic Moving and Storage, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
Nature of injury: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
Source: Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted

Employer

Name: Olympic Moving and Storage, Inc.
Location: Bldg 11D49, JOINT BASE LEWIS MCCHORD, WASHINGTON, 98431
NAICS: 484210
Jurisdiction: 0

Narrative

An employee was working from a scissor lift. A bracket had been removed, and he stepped back and fell from the platform onto his back. He broke three ribs, ruptured his spleen, and fractured three vertebrae. He was hospitalized and had surgery on his ruptured spleen.

Source

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