Fractures

Name: Fractures at Performance Contractors, Inc.
Start: 12/23/2020

1 hospitalization · 20201211970 · 12/23/2020 · Performance Contractors, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Knee(s) and leg(s)
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
Source: Motors other than vehicle
Secondary source: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered

Employer

Name: Performance Contractors, Inc.
Location: 4200 Highway 190 West, DERIDDER, LOUISIANA, 70634
NAICS: 236210
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

A forklift was lowering a 7,500-pound motor onto timber cribbing. The timbers shifted and the motor moved, then slid off the forklift blades. It pinned an employee against a hydraulic skid, breaking the employee's left femur and right leg before the knee.

Source

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