Multiple surface wounds and bruises

Name: Multiple surface wounds and bruises at Garden City Co-op Inc.
Start: 5/19/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017054564 · 5/19/2017 · Garden City Co-op Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Head and trunk
Nature of injury: Multiple surface wounds and bruises

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
Source: Train, locomotive, rail car, unspecified
Secondary source: High winds, gusts, turbulence

Employer

Name: Garden City Co-op Inc.
Location: 136 S Tomahawk Road, DIGHTON, KANSAS, 67839
NAICS: 424510
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was closing lids on the top of railcars containing grain. Wind was blowing, causing him to lose balance and fall to the ground. He suffered bruises and abrasions to his head and back and soreness in his left knee.

Source

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