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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2015119006 · 11/24/2015 · Sievert Electric Service & Sales Company

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Thigh(s)
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Struck by object or equipment, n.e.c.
Source
Beams-unattached metal

Employer

Name
Sievert Electric Service & Sales Company
Location
7450 N. McCormick Boulevard, SKOKIE, ILLINOIS, 60076
NAICS
333923
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was assisting in moving a monorail frame steel structure by rigging the frame to a winch and roust about. The steel cable carrying a 1,800 pound steel beam snapped and the steel beam fell to the floor, bounced, and struck the employee on the upper left leg and breaking the femur bone.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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