Fractures

Name: Fractures at Southwire Company LLC
Start: 4/27/2016

1 hospitalization · 2016043500 · 4/27/2016 · Southwire Company LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple trunk locations
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Struck, caught, or crushed in other collapsing structure or equipment
Source: Nonclassifiable

Employer

Name: Southwire Company LLC
Location: 11037 Old Hwy 50, FLORA, ILLINOIS, 62839
NAICS: 423690
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee removed state bolts from one of two supporting flanges while working on railing. Both flanges, as well as the equipment they supported, then collapsed on the employee. The employee suffered four broken ribs and a broken tailbone and pelvis.

Source

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