Fractures

Name: Fractures at Ellwood Specialty Steel
Start: 5/1/2019

1 hospitalization · 2019054407 · 5/1/2019 · Ellwood Specialty Steel

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: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
Source: Nonclassifiable
Secondary source: Containers-nonpressurized, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Ellwood Specialty Steel
Location: 499 Honeybee Lane, NEW CASTLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 16105
NAICS: 423510
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was removing a tarp/cover from a container to unload cargo from the container. While standing on top of the cargo the employee reached for a tool while bracing himself against the cover ribs. The employee fell from the cargo to the bottom of the container and then fell from the container to the floor below. The employee sustained a fractured C2 vertebrae.

Source

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