Fractures

Name: Fractures at Twin City Fan
Start: 12/31/2015

1 hospitalization · 2015129896 · 12/31/2015 · Twin City Fan

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple back regions
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
Source: Boxes, crates, cartons
Secondary source: Fans, blowers-wall, floor, ceiling, ventilation

Employer

Name: Twin City Fan
Location: 401 East Warehouse Street, ELKTON, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57026
NAICS: 333413
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was severely injured and hospitalized after she fell from the top of a load of industrial fans inside the back of a semi-trailer. The fan fell onto the employee. The employee suffered a T12-L2 back injury requiring a two-level fusion.

Source

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