Fractures

Name: Fractures at Riekes Equipment Company
Start: 9/23/2019

1 hospitalization · 2019099938 · 9/23/2019 · Riekes Equipment Company

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck by object or equipment rolling freely
Source: Tires, except bike
Secondary source: Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck

Employer

Name: Riekes Equipment Company
Location: Russell Street and I29 Off-Ramp, SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57198
NAICS: 423830
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was driving a trailer truck when it lost a tire. The employee left the vehicle and was trying to stop the tire from rolling into oncoming traffic when his right foot got caught in its rim. He fell on his left knee, suffering a fracture to the left leg.

Source

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