Fractures

Name: Fractures at Melhorn Sales, Service, & Trucking Co.
Start: 1/5/2016

1 hospitalization · 2016010060 · 1/5/2016 · Melhorn Sales, Service, & Trucking Co.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Hand(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet
Source: Existing floor opening

Employer

Name: Melhorn Sales, Service, & Trucking Co.
Location: Hillandale Farm Site 2, GETTYSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 17325
NAICS: 484220
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was loading chickens from a chicken farm onto transportation trucks. The employee was pulling a full cart of chickens down the aisle inside the chicken house. As the cart rolled over a section of the steel grating floor, the section became dislodged and fell. The employee and cart fell approximately 10 feet through the hole to the ground. The employee suffered a broken left hand and required surgery.

Source

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