Fractures

Name: Fractures at Teri Nichols Institutional Food Merchants
Start: 9/15/2020

1 hospitalization · 2020098756 · 9/15/2020 · Teri Nichols Institutional Food Merchants

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Hand(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
Source: Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
Secondary source: Skids, pallets

Employer

Name: Teri Nichols Institutional Food Merchants
Location: 250 Wireless Blvd, HAUPPAUGE, NEW YORK, 11749
NAICS: 424410
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

A warehouse worker was attempting to move a food assembly machine off a broken pallet. The machine began to fall over and it fell onto his right hand as he tried to catch it. The employee sustained three fractures and two lacerations to the right hand.

Source

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