Multiple types of open wounds

Name: Multiple types of open wounds at Mid-American Water & Plumbing, Inc.
Start: 9/14/2020

1 hospitalization · 2020098728 · 9/14/2020 · Mid-American Water & Plumbing, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Head and trunk
Nature of injury: Multiple types of open wounds

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
Source: Boxes, crates, cartons
Secondary source: Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified

Employer

Name: Mid-American Water & Plumbing, Inc.
Location: Parking Lot east of Bldg. 7424, FORT RILEY, KANSAS, 66442
NAICS: 238220
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

The injured employee was part of a crew unloading a semi-trailer of a 6-foot stack of insulated pipe. After cutting one of the four steel bands, the employee stepped onto a nearby 4x4x4 crate in front of the trailer. The employee lost balance, fell and landed in between the tractor and the trailer. The employee injured their collar bone and scapula and sustained a cut on the head and a puncture wound on the back.

Source

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