Fractures

Name: Fractures at Utility Contactors of America, Inc.
Start: 5/30/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017054835 · 5/30/2017 · Utility Contactors of America, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
Source: Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Utility Contactors of America, Inc.
Location: 29th & Marsha Sharpe Frwy, LUBBOCK, TEXAS, 79404
NAICS: 237110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was in a trench using a machine to locate the end of a pipe. A cylinder came off the machine, and the machine bucket became detached and rolled down the trench, striking the employee. The employee suffered a broken right wrist, left leg laceration and torn muscles, and a right ankle laceration.

Source

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