Fractures

Name: Fractures at CMC Recycling Lubbock
Start: 6/27/2016

1 hospitalization · 2016065725 · 6/27/2016 · CMC Recycling Lubbock

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
Source: Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones

Employer

Name: CMC Recycling Lubbock
Location: 212 CR 5800, LUBBOCK, TEXAS, 79403
NAICS: 423930
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was taking apart a round spool of wire, which weighed 1,100 pounds. The spool was standing up on the round edges and was then knocked flat on the ground. The employee's foot was caught by one of the round ends of the spool, causing a compound fracture to the left ankle that required hospitalization.

Source

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