Fractures

Name: Fractures at McKenzie Electric Cooperative, Inc.
Start: 10/4/2018

1 hospitalization · 20181010288 · 10/4/2018 · McKenzie Electric Cooperative, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
Source: Utility and telephone poles
Secondary source: Derricks and related equipment

Employer

Name: McKenzie Electric Cooperative, Inc.
Location: 3817 23rd Avenue NE, WATFORD CITY, NORTH DAKOTA, 58854
NAICS: 238210
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a derrick digger truck to lift wooden power poles. A pole lodged partially in the pile while being lifted. It shifted direction erratically after being dislodged and bounced toward the employee, striking his right leg and breaking the tibia and fibula.

Source

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