Fractures

Name: Fractures at Applied Machinery Corporate Office
Start: 3/16/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017032437 · 3/16/2017 · Applied Machinery Corporate Office

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Lower leg(s)
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
Source: Metal pipes, tubing
Secondary source: Jacks

Employer

Name: Applied Machinery Corporate Office
Location: 14737 Firetower Road, CONROE, TEXAS, 77306
NAICS: 423830
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

Employees placed tubing for a welding job on a jack stand to balance it. While discussing how to proceed with the job, the injured employee placed his hand on the tubing and it rolled over and struck his lower right leg fracturing it.

Source

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