Fractures

Name: Fractures at NICHOLSON CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
Start: 4/28/2016

1 hospitalization · 2016043538 · 4/28/2016 · NICHOLSON CONSTRUCTION COMPANY

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck by object or equipment, n.e.c.
Source: Wrenches-nonpowered
Secondary source: Drums, pulleys, sheaves

Employer

Name: NICHOLSON CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
Location: 327 Royal Palm Road, BOCA RATON, FLORIDA, 33432
NAICS: 238190
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was repairing a winch with a ratchet wrench. Tension on the winch caused it and the wrench to spin. The spinning wrench struck the employee's right lower arm and fractured it.

Source

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