Dislocation of joints

Name: Dislocation of joints at Rio Grande Valley Sugar Growers, Inc
Start: 3/21/2022

1 hospitalization · 2022032546 · 3/21/2022 · Rio Grande Valley Sugar Growers, Inc

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Dislocation of joints

Cause

Event: Struck by discharged or flying object, n.e.c.
Source: Tools, instruments, and equipment, n.e.c.
Secondary source: High winds, gusts, turbulence

Employer

Name: Rio Grande Valley Sugar Growers, Inc
Location: 2.5 Miles West Highway 107, SANTA ROSA, TEXAS, 78593
NAICS: 115115
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was helping retrieve a wind-damaged sign. The sign was in the bed of a pickup truck, with the employee holding it down, when a gust of wind picked it up. The sign fall back onto his finger and dislocated it.

Source

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