Fractures

Name: Fractures at Kriger Construction
Start: 4/12/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018043528 · 4/12/2018 · Kriger Construction

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
Source: Beams-unattached metal

Employer

Name: Kriger Construction
Location: Off Hwy 6, Historic bridge, TUNKHANNOCK, PENNSYLVANIA, 18657
NAICS: 237310
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was putting straps on steel beams by hand. The smaller beams were being moved by two employees using a long reach arm excavator. A larger steel I-beam flipped and rolled off the block it was on and pinned the employee's ankle to the ground, fracturing it.

Source

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