Fractures

Name: Fractures at Tokio Coop Gin
Start: 11/17/2017

1 hospitalization · 20171111056 · 11/17/2017 · Tokio Coop Gin

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Leg(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Textile, apparel, leather production machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Tokio Coop Gin
Location: 1413 FM 1780, TOKIO, TEXAS, 79376
NAICS: 115111
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was trying to put cotton back in a bale press. His leg was inside the boxes below floor level. The press was in automatic mode and engaged in rotation, causing his leg to be caught and fractured between the edge of the floor and the edge of the box.

Source

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