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Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments

1 hospitalization · 2020010944 · 1/29/2020 · Peoples Gas & Light

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Thigh(s)
Nature of injury
Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments

Cause

Event
Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
Source
Machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
Peoples Gas & Light
Location
4730 N Kenneth, JEFFERSON PARK, ILLINOIS, 60630
NAICS
221210
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

Two employees were removing a meter inside a customer's establishment to perform a meter transfer. The injured employee was lowering the meter when he lost his grip and it slipped from his hands, striking his left thigh. He suffered a ruptured quadricep in his left thigh.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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