Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Name: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Southland Contracting, Inc.
Start: 6/25/2019

1 hospitalization · 2019066394 · 6/25/2019 · Southland Contracting, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple face locations
Nature of injury: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Cause

Event: Struck by discharged or flying object, unspecified
Source: Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Tunneling machines

Employer

Name: Southland Contracting, Inc.
Location: 16540 NE CR 3040, KERENS, TEXAS, 75144
NAICS: 237110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was attempting to remove a metal wedge from a tall tunnel boring machine when pressure from the equipment caused the wedge to strike the employee's face, injuring the right cheek and nose.

Source

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