Fractures

Name: Fractures at Rausch Companies, Inc.
Start: 12/21/2018

2 hospitalizations · 20181213085 · 12/21/2018 · Rausch Companies, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 2
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Lower leg(s)
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
Source: Stone, marble, granite slabs
Secondary source: Parts and materials, unspecified

Employer

Name: Rausch Companies, Inc.
Location: 1507 East 69th Street, SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57108
NAICS: 327991
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

Two employees were unloading a slab of granite weighing about 1,000 pounds from a fifth-wheel trailer to an A-frame on the ground, using a clamp attached to a rented forklift. The A-frame shifted and the slab tipped over. One of the employees suffered a broken tibia and fibula, requiring surgical repair and pins; the other suffered several broken bones in the leg, as well as a possible broken hip and shoulder.

Source

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