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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2018099189 · 9/5/2018 · AXION SPECIALTY CONTRACTING, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
Source
Structural elements, n.e.c.
Secondary source
Ceilings, walls, unspecified

Employer

Name
AXION SPECIALTY CONTRACTING, LLC
Location
Commerce Way, NORTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 02766
NAICS
238220
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was moving a lift into another room and had closed the room door when a sheet metal damper installed in the wall above the door fell from the ceiling and hit the employee's back, fracturing the C5 vertebra and compressing other vertebrae.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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