Fractures

Name: Fractures at Schefers Roofing Company
Start: 11/12/2018

1 hospitalization · 20181111673 · 11/12/2018 · Schefers Roofing Company

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
Source: Bundles, bales
Secondary source: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered

Employer

Name: Schefers Roofing Company
Location: 700 SE 5th Street, BENTONVILLE, ARKANSAS, 72712
NAICS: 238160
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was directing a large articulating forklift that was moving some insulation off a flatbed truck. Two bales of insulation were stacked vertically on the forklift when the top bale slipped off, falling onto an employee and breaking the employee's hip.

Source

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