Fractures

Name: Fractures at Knife River Midwest
Start: 6/15/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018065924 · 6/15/2018 · Knife River Midwest

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
Source: Other material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: Knife River Midwest
Location: Junction of K road and Hwy 50, HASTINGS, NEBRASKA, 68902
NAICS: 237310
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating a string line reel to roll up the string line used in concrete paving operations when the reel stopped working. As he then walked towards the string line reel, it activated, causing the string line to wrap around his legs. He suffered a compound fracture to the right leg.

Source

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