Fractures

Name: Fractures at Spearfish Forest Products
Start: 8/15/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017087833 · 8/15/2017 · Spearfish Forest Products

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
Source: Nonclassifiable

Employer

Name: Spearfish Forest Products
Location: 1510 West Oliver, SPEARFISH, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57783
NAICS: 321113
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating a trimmer from a control panel when a chain came off the sprocket. After replacing the chain on the sprocket, he stepped out of the system, lost his footing, and fell 14 feet to the concrete floor. The employee sustained a broken pelvis and back.

Source

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