Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Name: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Birdsong Peanuts
Start: 10/7/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017109629 · 10/7/2017 · Birdsong Peanuts

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Ankle(s)
Nature of injury: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
Source: Elevators
Secondary source: Rope, twine, string

Employer

Name: Birdsong Peanuts
Location: 1710 Cypress Ave., GREENWOOD, MISSISSIPPI, 38930
NAICS: 111992
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was lowered into a peanut elevator to unclog the choke. Afterward, he was being pulled out of the elevator when his harness rope broke (cut on metal edge), causing him to fall approximately 10 feet. He injured his ankle.

Source

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