Fractures and dislocations

Name: Fractures and dislocations at Gordon Food Service, Inc.
Start: 3/23/2023

1 hospitalization · 2023032617 · 3/23/2023 · Gordon Food Service, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Knee(s)
Nature of injury: Fractures and dislocations

Cause

Event: Bending, crawling, reaching, twisting-single episode
Source: Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker

Employer

Name: Gordon Food Service, Inc.
Location: 630 John Hancock Road, TAUNTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 02780
NAICS: 424410
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was doing custodial work. As he bent to pick up a piece of trash, his knee buckled and dislocated. He suffered a broken kneecap that required surgery and hospitalization.

Source

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