Fractures

Name: Fractures at HALVERSON CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.
Start: 3/23/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018032842 · 3/23/2018 · HALVERSON CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple face locations
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Struck by discharged or flying object, n.e.c.
Source: Wrenches-nonpowered
Secondary source: Sledges, sledgehammers

Employer

Name: HALVERSON CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.
Location: Highway 1 over the Embarras River, LAWRENCEVILLE, ILLINOIS, 62439
NAICS: 237310
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

Two employees were sitting on a beam facing each other and protected from falling. They were working to drive barrel pins for a field splice. Employee 1 was using an 8 lb. sledgehammer to drive a pin, but missed the pin and hit a spud wrench that was sitting on the splice. The wrench was propelled upward and struck employee 2 in the face, causing nasal and facial fractures that required hospitalization.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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