Fractures

Name: Fractures at VPP Group LLC
Start: 10/18/2018

1 hospitalization · 20181010742 · 10/18/2018 · VPP Group LLC

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
Source: Gates
Secondary source: Cattle and other bovines

Employer

Name: VPP Group LLC
Location: 19081 Hwy 71 East, NORWALK, WISCONSIN, 54648
NAICS: 311611
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was moving cattle from a staging area into a horseshoe for slaughter. He was on top of a closed gate when a cow moved the gate. He lost his balance and fell about 5 feet to the concrete pad below, landing on his right arm and breaking his right wrist.

Source

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