Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.

Name: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at PAN-OCEANIC ENGINEERING CO., INC.
Start: 1/5/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017010072 · 1/5/2017 · PAN-OCEANIC ENGINEERING CO., INC.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
Nature of injury: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.

Cause

Event: Fall on same level, n.e.c.
Source: Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
Secondary source: Pipe fittings, collars

Employer

Name: PAN-OCEANIC ENGINEERING CO., INC.
Location: 7701 Union St., CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60620
NAICS: 237310
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was handing down a sewer connection fitting to an employee below in a trench when a bolt on the fitting snagged on the employee's jacket, causing him to lose his balance and fall. He fell on the fitting, breaking two left ribs and bruising his left lung.

Source

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