Fractures

Name: Fractures at Virginia International Gateway
Start: 9/20/2021

1 hospitalization · 2021098087 · 9/20/2021 · Virginia International Gateway

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Hand(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
Source: Machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Virginia International Gateway
Location: 1000 Virginia International Gateway Boulevard, PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA, 23703
NAICS: 483111
Jurisdiction: 0

Narrative

An employee was filling up the air reservoir tank on a brake bleeder kit. The tank ruptured and separated at the seam, and the employee suffered severe lacerations and fractures to the right hand.

Source

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