Fractures

Name: Fractures at Trinity Tank Car
Start: 8/27/2019

1 hospitalization · 2019088921 · 8/27/2019 · Trinity Tank Car

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Jaw, chin
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
Source: Metal materials-nonstructural, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container

Employer

Name: Trinity Tank Car
Location: 202 Progress Blvd., LONGVIEW, TEXAS, 75604
NAICS: 336510
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using an overhead crane with a hoist to lift steel band material when the lifting device experienced tension from the overhead crane and slipped from the steel band. The steel band then struck and fractured his chin.

Source

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