Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Name: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Ports America Shared Services, Inc.
Start: 11/12/2015

1 hospitalization · 2015118543 · 11/12/2015 · Ports America Shared Services, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Lumbar region
Nature of injury: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Cause

Event: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
Source: Fasteners, connectors, ropes, ties, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Ports America Shared Services, Inc.
Location: 2 Main Street, GARDEN CITY, GEORGIA, 31408
NAICS: 488320
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was picking up a lasher turnbuckle while a container was being loaded onto the ship by an overhead crane. When the crane operator was lowering the container onto the ship, the crane operator placed the container in the wrong position and struck one of the twist locks. That twist lock came off and struck the employee in the lower back, causing spasms and finger numbness

Source

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