Fractures and dislocations

Name: Fractures and dislocations at OLYMPIC STEEL, INCORPORATED
Start: 5/21/2019

1 hospitalization · 2019055140 · 5/21/2019 · OLYMPIC STEEL, INCORPORATED

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
Source: Nonclassifiable
Secondary source: Handtools-power not determined, unspecified

Employer

Name: OLYMPIC STEEL, INCORPORATED
Location: 1599 NITTERHOUSE DRIVE, CHAMBERSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 17201
NAICS: 423510
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was flipping the "boom strip" from a horizontal position to a vertical position with a flipper bar when the tool slipped causing the "boom strip" to shift and strike the employee's left leg. The employee suffered a fractured and dislocated left ankle.

Source

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