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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2017054841 · 5/30/2017 · MIDWEST SCRAP MANAGEMENT

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
Source
Bundles, bales
Secondary source
Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name
MIDWEST SCRAP MANAGEMENT
Location
8116 Wilson Rd, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, 64125
NAICS
423930
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was working on the ground in a scrap yard. A second employee operating a material handler released a bundle of scrap from the handler. The employee on the ground was struck by the bundle of scrap. He was hospitalized with a fractured pelvis and tailbone.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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