Fractures

Name: Fractures at TNJ Enterprises
Start: 8/21/2019

1 hospitalization · 2019088649 · 8/21/2019 · TNJ Enterprises

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Leg(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
Source: Excavating machinery, unspecified
Secondary source: Chains, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: TNJ Enterprises
Location: 609 6th Avenue Southwest, ABERDEEN, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57401
NAICS: 423930
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a chain hooked around scrap lodged in a shear's press box and attached to an excavator's grapple. When the employee put tension on the chain it broke, causing the grapple to swing and strike the employee's leg. The employee's left leg was fractured, requiring surgery.

Source

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