Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk

Name: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at U.S. Army - Directorate of Family, Morale, Welfare, and Recreation
Start: 5/24/2021

1 hospitalization · 2021054231 · 5/24/2021 · U.S. Army - Directorate of Family, Morale, Welfare, and Recreation

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
Nature of injury: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
Source: Counters, counter tops
Secondary source: Floor, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: U.S. Army - Directorate of Family, Morale, Welfare, and Recreation
Location: Building 2013 located on North 3rd Street, JOINT BASE LEWIS MCCHORD, WASHINGTON, 98433
NAICS: 624190
Jurisdiction: 0

Narrative

An employee was standing on a counter to mark the location of a new wall mount for a flat screen television when his right foot slipped off the edge of the counter and the employee fell three feet to the floor below. The employee sustained rib fractures, a hemothorax, and a pulmonary contusion.

Source

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