Crushing injuries

Name: Crushing injuries at Central Transport
Start: 7/6/2016

1 hospitalization · 2016076054 · 7/6/2016 · Central Transport

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Crushing injuries

Cause

Event: Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
Source: Barrels, drums-except pressurized

Employer

Name: Central Transport
Location: Spring City Terminal, 1200 Wrights Lane, WEST CHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA, 19380
NAICS: 484121
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

At 7:00 PM on July 6, 2016, at the truck docks, an employee was lifting a plastic 55-gallon drum onto a skid when the drum fell onto his right thumb. His right thumb was crushed, requiring surgery and overnight hospitalization.

Source

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