Fractures

Name: Fractures at Ports America
Start: 5/1/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017053932 · 5/1/2017 · Ports America

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple face locations
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
Source: Fasteners, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Containers-nonpressurized, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Ports America
Location: M/V YM Mutuality, SAN PEDRO, CALIFORNIA, 90731
NAICS: 488320
Jurisdiction: 0

Narrative

An employee was loosening turnbuckles to remove lashing bars from containers when one of the bars came loose and fell and struck the employee's mouth. The employee suffered a fractured jaw and broken teeth.

Source

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