Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk

Name: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at A. Arsenault & Sons, Inc.
Start: 11/27/2015

1 hospitalization · 2015118958 · 11/27/2015 · A. Arsenault & Sons, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Abdomen, 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: Boom truck, bucket or basket hoist truck

Employer

Name: A. Arsenault & Sons, Inc.
Location: Shaw's, Webster Sq Plaza, WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, 01603
NAICS: 561730
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was installing holiday decorations from the bucket of a bucket truck when the piston broke on the lower arm of the bucket truck causing the bucket to fall with the employee harnessed inside. The employee suffered broken ribs and a lacerated spleen.

Source

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