Fractures

Name: Fractures at Noland Company
Start: 1/28/2016

1 hospitalization · 2016010831 · 1/28/2016 · Noland Company

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
Source: Furnaces, heaters
Secondary source: Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck

Employer

Name: Noland Company
Location: 500 35th Street North, BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, 35222
NAICS: 444190
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee cut the truck seal with a bolt cutter and opened the trailer door. When the door was opened, three hot water heaters fell out and one of the heaters struck the employee on the head causing a neck fracture.

Source

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