Fractures

Name: Fractures at Colorado Petroleum Products Company
Start: 9/18/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017098918 · 9/18/2017 · Colorado Petroleum Products Company

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Stacking machinery

Employer

Name: Colorado Petroleum Products Company
Location: 5590 High Street, DENVER, COLORADO, 80216
NAICS: 324110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was working on a palletizer, went to the back side of the machine, and was struck by/caught between the machine's ram and frame. The employee suffered broken ribs and other injuries. The machine's guard had been bypassed at the time of the incident.

Source

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