Dislocation of joints

Name: Dislocation of joints at Walker Masonry and Sons, Inc.
Start: 10/26/2016

1 hospitalization · 20161010073 · 10/26/2016 · Walker Masonry and Sons, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)
Nature of injury: Dislocation of joints

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
Source: Scaffolds-self-supporting staging
Secondary source: Wrenches-power not determined

Employer

Name: Walker Masonry and Sons, Inc.
Location: Sheffield Drive near Hwy 12W, BENTONVILLE, ARKANSAS, 72712
NAICS: 238140
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was extending a scaffold being used by employees to lay bricks for a school wall. As the employee was bolting down the scaffold towers, his wrench slipped off the bolt. This caused the employee to fall over the front of the scaffold and over the brick wall being built. The employee suffered a possible hip fracture and a dislocated shoulder.

Source

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