Fractures

Name: Fractures at Wheeler Metals Incorporated
Start: 12/31/2019

1 hospitalization · 20191213306 · 12/31/2019 · Wheeler Metals Incorporated

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
Source: Bundles, bales
Secondary source: Racks-garment and other

Employer

Name: Wheeler Metals Incorporated
Location: 2321 Kearney Street, SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI, 65803
NAICS: 423510
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was reaching into the second level of a rack to cut a strap on product. A bundle of pipes on the first level of the rack rolled off and struck the employee's right foot, breaking bones.

Source

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