Fractures

Name: Fractures at Bilfinger Westcon Inc.
Start: 1/28/2016

1 hospitalization · 2016010825 · 1/28/2016 · Bilfinger Westcon Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Face, unspecified
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
Source: Handtools-nonpowered, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Bilfinger Westcon Inc.
Location: 2800 Kay Bailey Hutchinson, PORTLAND, TEXAS, 78374
NAICS: 238290
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was knocking the steel wedge out of the rigging. As he struck the steel wedge (10lb. 6 in. long), it shot out, struck the employee in the face, and fractured it.

Source

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