Multiple nonspecified injuries and disorders

Name: Multiple nonspecified injuries and disorders at Covanta Holliston
Start: 8/11/2022

1 hospitalization · 2022087128 · 8/11/2022 · Covanta Holliston

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Multiple nonspecified injuries and disorders

Cause

Event: Struck bump, hole, rough terrain on driving surface, nonroadway
Source: Bucket, front-end, end, and pay loaders
Secondary source: Grates and drains in floor surface

Employer

Name: Covanta Holliston
Location: 115 Washington Street, HOLLISTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 01746
NAICS: 423220
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was backing a front-end loader out a doorway. The loader passed over a dip in the floor from the floor drain, and the employee was jarred into its door. The employee suffered a spinal cord compression causing pain in their neck and back, along with numbness in the legs.

Source

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