Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.

Name: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at Bridgeton Landfill
Start: 1/10/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017010287 · 1/10/2017 · Bridgeton Landfill

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple lower extremities locations, unspecified
Nature of injury: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.

Cause

Event: Fall on same level due to slipping
Source: Ground, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Bridgeton Landfill
Location: 13570 Saint Charles Rock Road, BRIDGETON, MISSOURI, 63044
NAICS: 562212
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was retrieving a hard hat that had blown off his head and onto the grass when he slipped on the wet grass, twisting his ankle and falling to the ground. The employee suffered a fractured left fibula with bone chips in the vicinity of his ankle and ligament damage. The employee was hospitalized for surgery.

Source

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