Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.

Name: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at Waste Management of Colorado, Inc
Start: 2/1/2016

1 hospitalization · 2016020953 · 2/1/2016 · Waste Management of Colorado, Inc

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Fall on same level due to slipping
Source: Parking lot-paved
Secondary source: Ice, sleet, snow

Employer

Name: Waste Management of Colorado, Inc
Location: 19563 E. Main St., PARKER, COLORADO, 80134
NAICS: 562111
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was walking to an enclosure to collect the trash that was in it. While walking, he slipped and fell on the ice and snow. When he landed on the paved parking lot surface, he fractured his patella and severed some tendons, requiring surgery.

Source

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