Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.

Name: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at Signet Builders, Inc.
Start: 1/18/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017010543 · 1/18/2017 · Signet Builders, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Head and neck
Nature of injury: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.

Cause

Event: Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet
Source: Roof trusses, joists

Employer

Name: Signet Builders, Inc.
Location: Farmers Pork Sow Site, SALEM, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57058
NAICS: 236220
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was walking across a roof purlin to attempt to connect to a retractable lifeline when the purlin broke and he fell 20 feet to the concrete below. He broke his neck and suffered brain swelling.

Source

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