Fractures

Name: Fractures at Thorfinnson-Brown Drilling Inc.
Start: 2/28/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017021896 · 2/28/2017 · Thorfinnson-Brown Drilling Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Drilling machines, drilling augers
Secondary source: Suits, coats, jackets

Employer

Name: Thorfinnson-Brown Drilling Inc.
Location: Green Valley Ranch and Tower Road, DENVER, COLORADO, 80210
NAICS: 238190
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

Employees were drilling holes to obtain geotechnical soil samples on a cold day. An employee's jacket was caught in the auger, pulling him into the auger and breaking his ribs and arm.

Source

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