Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Name: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Talley Construction Company, Inc.
Start: 10/14/2020

1 hospitalization · 2020109798 · 10/14/2020 · Talley Construction Company, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Lumbar region
Nature of injury: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Cause

Event: Ran off driving surface, nonroadway
Source: Spreading machinery-agricultural

Employer

Name: Talley Construction Company, Inc.
Location: 545 East Nickajack Rd, RINGGOLD, GEORGIA, 30736
NAICS: 236210
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating a chip spreader machine down a hill. The spreader began to skid when he applied the brake. The wheels locked and the spreader continued to slide down the hill. The spreader impacted a ditch and spun 180 degrees. The operator was thrown off the machine and landed on the bank of the ditch causing injury to his lower back.

Source

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