Fractures

Name: Fractures at Texas Honing, Inc.
Start: 3/20/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018032717 · 3/20/2018 · Texas Honing, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Jaw, chin
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
Source: Cranes, unspecified
Secondary source: Slings

Employer

Name: Texas Honing, Inc.
Location: 1710 Mykawa Road, PEARLAND, TEXAS, 77581
NAICS: 811310
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a crane and sling to support a part while changing the inserts when one leg of the two-leg sling became hung up on part of the machine. The employee continued to raise the crane, and the unconnected sling leg released and struck his chin, fracturing his mandible.

Source

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