Fractures

Name: Fractures at WestRock
Start: 8/31/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018089039 · 8/31/2018 · WestRock

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
Source: Chains, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: WestRock
Location: 1913 FM 105 S., EVADALE, TEXAS, 77615
NAICS: 322130
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was lifting a basket of wood chips with a chain saw that had two choker chains attached when a link in one of the choker chains broke, hitting and fracturing the employee's right forearm.

Source

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