Fractures

Name: Fractures at TCI Companies, Inc.
Start: 7/13/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018077080 · 7/13/2018 · TCI Companies, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck by discharged object or substance
Source: Container caps, lids, covers
Secondary source: Plastic, PVC, or rubber pipes and tubing

Employer

Name: TCI Companies, Inc.
Location: 22500 E. McKinley Road, CANTON, ILLINOIS, 61520
NAICS: 221310
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was installing an underground irrigation system when a cap for a 2-inch PVC pipe blew off with approximately 60 pounds of pressure and struck the employee in the right eye area, causing a laceration above the right eye and fractured right eye socket.

Source

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