Fractures

Name: Fractures at Smitty's Supply, Inc.
Start: 3/21/2021

1 hospitalization · 2021032400 · 3/21/2021 · Smitty's Supply, Inc.

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 in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Stacking machinery

Employer

Name: Smitty's Supply, Inc.
Location: 63415 Hwy 51 N., ROSELAND, LOUISIANA, 70456
NAICS: 324191
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was diagnosing issues with a palletizer. As he was working to realign the row-former and removing bolts on a guard to access the counterweight mechanism, the counterweight actuated. He was caught between the row-former and a steel support beam and suffered broken ribs.

Source

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