Fractures

Name: Fractures at Bush Brothers and Company
Start: 5/24/2016

1 hospitalization · 2016054593 · 5/24/2016 · Bush Brothers and Company

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Fall on same level, n.e.c.
Source: Ground, unspecified
Secondary source: Pressurized air-blast

Employer

Name: Bush Brothers and Company
Location: 600 S Bush Brothers Dr., AUGUSTA, WISCONSIN, 54722
NAICS: 311999
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was backfilling sugar from a sugar silo into a tanker truck when a lock on one of the trailer hatches gave way and released significant air pressure, throwing the employee to the ground. The employee broke the lower left arm and right wrist, requiring surgery.

Source

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