Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments

Name: Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments at Columbia Recycling Corporation
Start: 10/6/2020

1 hospitalization · 2020109508 · 10/6/2020 · Columbia Recycling Corporation

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Knee(s)
Nature of injury: Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments

Cause

Event: Boarding, alighting-excluding slip, trip, fall-single episode
Source: Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
Secondary source: Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified

Employer

Name: Columbia Recycling Corporation
Location: 1001 Chattanooga Avenue, DALTON, GEORGIA, 30719
NAICS: 423930
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee stepped out of his truck at a public landfill, heard his knee pop, and fell. The employee sustained a separated left kneecap, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

Source

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