Avulsions, enucleations

Name: Avulsions, enucleations at Teems Electric Company, Inc.
Start: 4/9/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018043363 · 4/9/2018 · Teems Electric Company, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Upper arm(s)
Nature of injury: Avulsions, enucleations

Cause

Event: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
Source: Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: Teems Electric Company, Inc.
Location: TenCate Geosynthetics, PENDERGRASS, GEORGIA, 30567
NAICS: 238210
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee removed the master link out of the chain supporting a counterbalance that he thought had no weight. The counterbalance then fell and struck his upper arm, lacerating it and peeling off the skin.

Source

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