Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.

Name: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at DK Manufacturing Lancaster, Inc.
Start: 9/15/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017098849 · 9/15/2017 · DK Manufacturing Lancaster, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
Source: Trash compactors

Employer

Name: DK Manufacturing Lancaster, Inc.
Location: 2118 COMMERCE STREET, LANCASTER, OHIO, 43130
NAICS: 326199
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

On September 15, 2017, an employee climbed onto a trash compactor to clear a jam and fell approximately five feet to the concrete surface below the compactor. The employee lost consciousness, suffered a seizure, fractured ribs and a wrist, and lacerated the spleen.

Source

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