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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2018032903 · 3/26/2018 · SMM New England Corporation

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Multiple body parts, unspecified
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
Source
Scrap metal
Secondary source
Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name
SMM New England Corporation
Location
242 Allens Avenue, PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, 02905
NAICS
423930
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was erecting signage while other employees loaded scrap metal into a ship for export. During these loading operations, a piece of metal fell from a grapple and struck the employee's side and back. He suffered five broken ribs and two fractured vertebrae, requiring hospitalization.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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