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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2017065178 · 6/7/2017 · Kenny Construction Company

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source
Drilling machines, drilling augers
Secondary source
Suits, coats, jackets

Employer

Name
Kenny Construction Company
Location
2933 W. Foster Ave., CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60625
NAICS
237110
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

On 6/07/17, an employee was using a tunnel boring machine drill to install rock bolts in a tunnel roof when his right jacket sleeve became caught and began to twist around the drill steel, restraining and breaking his lower right arm.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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