Fractures

Name: Fractures at Rex Lumber, LLC
Start: 8/15/2015

1 hospitalization · 2015085730 · 8/15/2015 · Rex Lumber, LLC

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
Source: Nonclassifiable
Secondary source: Saw blades-unattached

Employer

Name: Rex Lumber, LLC
Location: 5299 Alabama Street, GRACEVILLE, FLORIDA, 32440
NAICS: 321113
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was changing the teeth on a saw when the chain used in the lockout/tagout procedure broke, allowing the saw blade to fall and strike the employee's head and knocking him out. He fell about 2 feet and broke his right leg. He was hospitalized and had surgery.

Source

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