Fractures

Name: Fractures at General Shale Inc.
Start: 6/1/2016

1 hospitalization · 2016064849 · 6/1/2016 · General Shale Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Foot (feet) and ankle(s)
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Material and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: General Shale Inc.
Location: 3255 Drennan Road, COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO, 80910
NAICS: 327331
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee stepped into the block machine to clear a jam. When it was cleared, the machine activated and the employee's ankle was pinned under the machine and fractured. The employee's toe was also fractured. The machine was not guarded at the time of the incident.

Source

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