Fractures

Name: Fractures at TCC Materials, LLC
Start: 7/25/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017076935 · 7/25/2017 · TCC Materials, LLC

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: Packaging, bottling, wrapping machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: TCC Materials, LLC
Location: 3151 Lien Street, RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57702
NAICS: 327310
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was bagging cement and sending the bags via conveyor to a robot. A rock fell onto the conveyor. The employee attempted to remove the rock and an arm was caught by the robot. Both bones in the employee's left forearm were fractured requiring surgery and hospitalization.

Source

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