Fractures

Name: Fractures at O'Neale's Transport, Inc.
Start: 9/16/2019

1 hospitalization · 2019099680 · 9/16/2019 · O'Neale's Transport, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
Source: Containers-nonpressurized, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Cranes, unspecified

Employer

Name: O'Neale's Transport, Inc.
Location: 1-A Wilfred Allick Container Port, ST CROIX, VIRGIN ISLANDS, 00820
NAICS: 488320
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was standing on top of a container while a spreader bar was being lowered. The bar swung forward, causing the employee to step back and fall approximately 9 feet off of the container and onto the dock. He broke his wrist and suffered a damaged vertebra.

Source

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