Fractures

Name: Fractures at CENTRAL TRANSPORT, LLC.
Start: 6/6/2015

1 hospitalization · 2015063459 · 6/6/2015 · CENTRAL TRANSPORT, LLC.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Plywood, wood paneling; particle, chip, flake board
Secondary source: Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck

Employer

Name: CENTRAL TRANSPORT, LLC.
Location: 1500 NEW COUNTY ROAD, SECAUCUS, NEW JERSEY, 07094
NAICS: 484121
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was helping a tractor trailer driver restack plywood sheets when the skid they were on shifted or tipped over. In the back of the trailer, the plywood shifted and struck the employee, pinning his arm between the plywood sheets and the forward wall of the trailer. He fractured his left humerus and required surgery.

Source

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