Fractures

Name: Fractures at Gudenkauf Corporation
Start: 5/10/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018054571 · 5/10/2018 · Gudenkauf Corporation

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck by object or equipment, n.e.c.
Source: Limbs, branches-unattached
Secondary source: Utility and telephone poles

Employer

Name: Gudenkauf Corporation
Location: 761 West Union Road, CLENDENIN, WEST VIRGINIA, 25045
NAICS: 237130
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was cutting a tree off of a communication line when the tree snapped and the tension on the line flipped the tree/limb back onto the employee, striking his forearm and fracturing a bone.

Source

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