Fractures

Name: Fractures at WILHITE ELECTRIC CO
Start: 12/27/2019

1 hospitalization · 20191213226 · 12/27/2019 · WILHITE ELECTRIC CO

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Skull
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
Source: Lamps, light fixtures
Secondary source: Lamp posts, street lights

Employer

Name: WILHITE ELECTRIC CO
Location: 100 Mary Ann St, BOSSIER CITY, LOUISIANA, 71111
NAICS: 238210
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

The injured employee was helping install LED light fixtures on the poles at a baseball park. While a crane was resetting the poles, one of the light fixtures disconnected and fell to the ground, striking the injured employee in the head. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured skull.

Source

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