Bruises, contusions

Name: Bruises, contusions at QPS Employment Group, Inc.
Start: 10/5/2016

1 hospitalization · 2016109420 · 10/5/2016 · QPS Employment Group, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Lower leg(s)
Nature of injury: Bruises, contusions

Cause

Event: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source: Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
Secondary source: Grinders, abraders

Employer

Name: QPS Employment Group, Inc.
Location: North American Pipe Corporation, JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN, 53545
NAICS: 561320
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was attempting to push a pipe down the trough of a grinding machine with his foot. His foot became caught between the wall and the pipe, smashing his leg. He suffered severe contusions to the lower leg that required surgery.

Source

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