Cuts and abrasions or bruises

Name: Cuts and abrasions or bruises at Excelon
Start: 9/16/2020

1 hospitalization · 2020098791 · 9/16/2020 · Excelon

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Face, unspecified
Nature of injury: Cuts and abrasions or bruises

Cause

Event: Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
Source: Drums, pulleys, sheaves

Employer

Name: Excelon
Location: 2001 C St., NW, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 20001
NAICS: 221118
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating a cable pully machine (a winch) when the nylon rope that was attached to a cable he was pulling through an underground electrical installation broke and struck him in the head and face. The employee sustained a head laceration and bruises to their face.

Source

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