Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk

Name: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Sheehan Pipeline Construction Company
Start: 9/21/2015

1 hospitalization · 2015096908 · 9/21/2015 · Sheehan Pipeline Construction Company

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Chest, 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: Ground, unspecified
Secondary source: Metal plates, metal panels

Employer

Name: Sheehan Pipeline Construction Company
Location: Williams Gas Pipeline, BLAKESLEE, PENNSYLVANIA, 18610
NAICS: 237120
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was standing next to an excavator. The excavator turned and the employee was struck by the excavator's counterweight. The employee fell over into a sump hole and struck his body against a steel plate. The employee suffered a broken jaw, broken ribs, punctured lung, and broken left elbow. The employee was hospitalized.

Source

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