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Fractures
1 hospitalization · 2021053973 · 5/14/2021 · Mississippi Machinery
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 1
- Amputation
- 0
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- Nature of injury
- Fractures
Cause
- Event
- Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- Source
- Dirt, earth
- Secondary source
- Excavating machinery, unspecified
Employer
- Name
- Mississippi Machinery
- Location
- 838 N. Church Street, FLORENCE, MISSISSIPPI, 39073
- NAICS
- 532412
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
Employees were installing a culvert. Dirt picked up in an excavator bucket loosened and fell onto an employee's back, causing a fracture.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
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