Fractures

Name: Fractures at Archer Western Construction
Start: 9/28/2016

1 hospitalization · 2016099158 · 9/28/2016 · Archer Western Construction

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Skull
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
Secondary source: Bridges, dams, locks

Employer

Name: Archer Western Construction
Location: TIA APM Guideway Project, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33607
NAICS: 237990
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating an aerial lift to torque the bolts on a connection point of the steel girder to a bridge. His head was pinched between the aerial lift control panel cover and the bottom of the steel girder above him. He suffered a laceration to his right ear and a skull fracture, requiring hospitalization.

Source

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