Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.

Name: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at Betco Scaffolding
Start: 12/18/2015

1 hospitalization · 2015129599 · 12/18/2015 · Betco Scaffolding

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Hand(s) and arm(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.

Cause

Event: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
Source: Metal pipes, tubing

Employer

Name: Betco Scaffolding
Location: 200 E. Market Street, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, 78219
NAICS: 238910
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

Employees were dismantling a system scaffold 20 feet in the air. When one of the employees removed a gravity pin that was holding a coupling pin for a scaffold leg, the leg released and fell 20 feet below striking another employee on the right arm above the elbow and on his right middle finger. The employee was hospitalized with a puncture wound above the elbow and a broken right finger.

Source

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