Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.

Name: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at Waste Management of West Virginia, Inc.
Start: 1/6/2020

1 hospitalization · 2020010123 · 1/6/2020 · Waste Management of West Virginia, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple body parts, unspecified
Nature of injury: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.

Cause

Event: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
Source: Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
Secondary source: Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck

Employer

Name: Waste Management of West Virginia, Inc.
Location: 915 Riverside Drive, GASSAWAY, WEST VIRGINIA, 26624
NAICS: 562212
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was dumping an 8-yard rear-load container. A piece of furniture was caught between the scraper blade and the hopper seal. When the blade came down, it kicked the container off the truck and into the employee, who suffered bruising to the kidney, spleen, and liver, as well as possible fractures to ribs and/or vertebrae.

Source

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