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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2019066234 · 6/20/2019 · Missouri Organic Recycling

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Struck by other falling powered vehicle
Source
Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
Secondary source
Jacks

Employer

Name
Missouri Organic Recycling
Location
Eastwood Trafficway and US 40 HIghway, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, 64129
NAICS
423930
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was changing a tire on a company truck with a bottle jack when the jack started to slip. Another employee pulled the injured employee out from under the truck before it fell off the jack. The trailer hitch on the truck struck and broke the employee's left eye socket and lacerated his nose.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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