Fractures

Name: Fractures at R & R Ditching Service, Inc.
Start: 7/19/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018077321 · 7/19/2018 · R & R Ditching Service, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Nonclassifiable
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
Source: Boom truck, bucket or basket hoist truck
Secondary source: Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified

Employer

Name: R & R Ditching Service, Inc.
Location: 31St & FM 983, TEMPLE, TEXAS, 76502
NAICS: 237130
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was riding in the basket of a bucket truck placing cable from pole to pole. As the truck advanced slowly along the ground, it struck a hole. As the truck moved out of the hole, it rocked and the employee fell from the bucket to the ground. The employee sustained fractured vertebrae and a spinal injury.

Source

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