Fractures

Name: Fractures at Midwest Auto Supply, Inc.
Start: 8/17/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018088479 · 8/17/2018 · Midwest Auto Supply, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
Source: Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Shelves, shelving

Employer

Name: Midwest Auto Supply, Inc.
Location: 2400 N. 10th St., GERING, NEBRASKA, 69341
NAICS: 441310
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was clearing a shelf when an air bag unit was knocked off the shelf, struck a car battery, and deployed, striking and fracturing the employee's lower leg.

Source

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