Fractures

Name: Fractures at St. Louis Prestress, Inc.
Start: 9/1/2016

1 hospitalization · 2016098268 · 9/1/2016 · St. Louis Prestress, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
Source: Tires, inner tubes, wheels, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: St. Louis Prestress, Inc.
Location: 16 Commercial Court, GLEN CARBON, ILLINOIS, 62034
NAICS: 238120
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee had just completed airing up a tire and walked over to the tool table to retrieve the valve stem cap. When the employee returned to the tire and was screwing the valve stem cap on, the tire suddenly depressurized causing the tire and rim to strike the employee. The employee suffered multiple fractures to the face, chest and ribs, a head laceration and a broken elbow.

Source

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