Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.

Name: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at Ford Motor Company
Start: 5/24/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017054703 · 5/24/2017 · Ford Motor Company

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Fall from collapsing structure or equipment, unspecified
Source: Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
Secondary source: Conveyors-belt

Employer

Name: Ford Motor Company
Location: 650 Miller Road, AVON LAKE, OHIO, 44012
NAICS: 336111
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was working on electrical connections from a scissor lift when an unexpected startup of a nearby suspended conveyor belt tipped the scissor lift over. The employee was injured and hospitalized. The employee suffered four broken ribs on the right side, nerve damage to the right wrist and hand because it was caught under the lift's handrail, and abrasions on the left knee and ankle.

Source

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