Fractures

Name: Fractures at Department of Homeland Security
Start: 1/12/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018010378 · 1/12/2018 · Department of Homeland Security

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: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Conveyors-belt
Secondary source: Floor, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Department of Homeland Security
Location: Atlanta Hartfield Airport, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, 30320
NAICS: 921130
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was retrieving a cell phone from underneath a baggage conveyor belt. Another employee did not know that he was under the conveyor and lowered the conveyor onto him, cracking his rib.

Source

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