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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2017032798 · 3/28/2017 · FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Arm(s), unspecified
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
Source
Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
Secondary source
Special process machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE
Location
805 Camden Street, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, 78215
NAICS
621492
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee had just changed out a filter on the water treatment system. As he was putting the water treatment system back online, the stand that the filter sits on cracked and shifted, causing the filter to come down on and break his left arm.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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