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Fractures and dislocations

1 hospitalization · 2020065139 · 6/3/2020 · U.S. Department of the Army - Sierra Army Depot

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Multiple trunk locations
Nature of injury
Fractures and dislocations

Cause

Event
Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
Source
Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name
U.S. Department of the Army - Sierra Army Depot
Location
Weld Shop, HERLONG, CALIFORNIA, 96113
NAICS
336992
Jurisdiction
0

Narrative

An employee was cleaning his work area when the strap holding a container rotator in a vertical position failed. The container rotator, and the container roll-in/out platform it was attached to, swung and struck the employee on the right upper torso and hip area. He suffered broken and dislocated ribs, a pelvic fracture, and fractures to lower-back vertebrae.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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