Fractures

Name: Fractures at WCA Waste Corporation
Start: 6/12/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018065767 · 6/12/2018 · WCA Waste Corporation

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
Source: Excavating machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: WCA Waste Corporation
Location: 405 East Airport Industrial Road, PAULS VALLEY, OKLAHOMA, 73075
NAICS: 562212
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

A temporary employee was hooking a chain to an excavator bucket when the excavator bucket moved toward the right side of a bulldozer. The employee's right leg was pinned between the excavator bucket and a part of the bulldozer causing a fracture at the knee.

Source

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