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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2018032147 · 3/3/2018 · Valmont West Point Galvanizing

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Knee(s)
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source
Scrap, waste, debris, n.e.c.
Secondary source
Structural elements, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
Valmont West Point Galvanizing
Location
1710 East 23rd St., FREMONT, NEBRASKA, 68025
NAICS
332812
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was helping to offload a three-bar while a second employee went to get a walkie forklift. The employee was grabbing some dunnage when the second employee passed and brushed the dunnage, which then pressed the employee s right knee between the dunnage and a pole. The employee suffered a fractured right knee.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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