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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2017010183 · 1/7/2017 · The Doe Run Resources Corporation

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Multiple trunk locations
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
Source
Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified
Secondary source
Crowbars

Employer

Name
The Doe Run Resources Corporation
Location
The Doe Run Company Buick Resource Recycling Division, BOSS, MISSOURI, 65440
NAICS
331492
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was attempting to use a pry bar to pry up on the bail of a lead pot when the pry bar slipped, causing the employee to fall 6 to 8 feet to the ground. He landed on his left side, cracking four ribs and fracturing two vertebrae.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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