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Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk

1 hospitalization · 2015063743 · 6/17/2015 · Greenway Equipment, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Multiple trunk locations
Nature of injury
Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk

Cause

Event
Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, n.e.c.
Source
Farm tractor

Employer

Name
Greenway Equipment, Inc.
Location
936 Hwy 64 W, MARION, ARKANSAS, 72364
NAICS
423820
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was crushed between two tractors. Employees were using jumper cables to boost a dead battery on a John Deere agriculture tractor when the tractor jumped backwards and the employee became pinned between the weights on the front of the back tractor and the back wheel of the front tractor. The injured employee had internal bleeding, sustained a collapsed lung and a tear in his small intestines.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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