Fractures

Name: Fractures at Valmont Utility Inc.
Start: 6/18/2019

1 hospitalization · 2019066143 · 6/18/2019 · Valmont Utility Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
Source: Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: Valmont Utility Inc.
Location: 4131 HWY 17 South, BARTOW, FLORIDA, 33830
NAICS: 444110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was working in a de-molding section. While he was walking on the back of the plate of the mold, the tension plate fell off and landed on his legs. His left fibula was broken and tissue was torn in his right leg, requiring stitching. He was hospitalized.

Source

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