Fractures

Name: Fractures at Bluescope Buildings North America, Inc.
Start: 1/23/2020

1 hospitalization · 2020010760 · 1/23/2020 · Bluescope Buildings North America, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Lower leg(s)
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Beams-unattached metal

Employer

Name: Bluescope Buildings North America, Inc.
Location: 136 Walker Street, EVANSVILLE, WISCONSIN, 53536
NAICS: 332312
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was standing near stacked steel beams, using a handheld remote to raise the top beam with a crane. When the beam was lifted up, the bottom beam became unstable and shifted off the dunnage onto the employee's right leg. The employee suffered a compound fracture of the lower leg.

Source

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