Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk

Name: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia, Inc.
Start: 9/23/2015

1 hospitalization · 2015096998 · 9/23/2015 · Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia, Inc.

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: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Dies, molds, patterns
Secondary source: Cranes, unspecified

Employer

Name: Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia, Inc.
Location: 7777 Kia Parkway, WEST POINT, GEORGIA, 31833
NAICS: 336111
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was moving a steel die with an overhead crane. The employee was caught between the upper and lower dies and received a crushing injury to his chest and back and punctured a lung.

Source

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