Fractures

Name: Fractures at Memorial Sloan Kettering
Start: 6/23/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017065783 · 6/23/2017 · Memorial Sloan Kettering

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
Source: Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered

Employer

Name: Memorial Sloan Kettering
Location: 1275 York Avenue - Box 440, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10065
NAICS: 622110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was pushing a loading cart into an autoclave when the cart's movable legs became unlocked, causing the legs to retract and the cart to fall and strike the employee. The employee suffered a broken tibia.

Source

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