Fractures

Name: Fractures at Merrill Steel South
Start: 11/26/2019

1 hospitalization · 20191112246 · 11/26/2019 · Merrill Steel South

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple trunk locations
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
Source: Cranes, unspecified

Employer

Name: Merrill Steel South
Location: 2101 North Packer Road, SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI, 65803
NAICS: 332313
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a crane to lift chains when the crane's hook got tangled. The crane's cable snapped and hit the employee in the lower back, causing a bruised liver, three fractured ribs, and a lumbar fracture.

Source

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