Fractures

Name: Fractures at TOPPS MECHANICAL, INC.
Start: 4/12/2016

1 hospitalization · 2016043062 · 4/12/2016 · TOPPS MECHANICAL, INC.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Lower leg(s)
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
Source: Product testing, inspecting, and diagnostic machinery, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered

Employer

Name: TOPPS MECHANICAL, INC.
Location: 501 Sargent Street, BEATRICE, NEBRASKA, 68310
NAICS: 238220
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was helping to stabilize an optical comparator on the forks of a forklift when the machine shifted slightly. One corner of the machine slipped off the edge of the fork and hit the employee's leg above the ankle. The employee was hospitalized with a broken leg.

Source

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