Fractures

Name: Fractures at U.S. Department of Commerce
Start: 9/20/2020

1 hospitalization · 2020098923 · 9/20/2020 · U.S. Department of Commerce

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object
Source: Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
Secondary source: Trees

Employer

Name: U.S. Department of Commerce
Location: unknown, MEEKER, COLORADO, 81641
NAICS: 921190
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee parked her truck but it started rolling. She tried to get back in the truck and then tried to get out again before the truck rolled into a river. She got caught between a tree and the truck door. The employee sustained multiple rib fractures and an abrasion to her shin that required a skin graft.

Source

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