Fractures

Name: Fractures at US Army Corps of Engineers
Start: 9/6/2019

1 hospitalization · 2019099248 · 9/6/2019 · US Army Corps of Engineers

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Fall or jump from water vehicle
Source: Barge
Secondary source: Chains, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: US Army Corps of Engineers
Location: 1425 Riverside Dr, SAULT SAINTE MARIE, MICHIGAN, 49783
NAICS: 541330
Jurisdiction: 0

Narrative

An employee was setting the anchor for an ice-boom onboard a derrick boat. The employee cut a line that was holding the anchor chain and was then struck by a rigging chain. The employee sustained fractures to both bones in the lower right leg and a shoulder injury from falling overboard.

Source

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