Fractures

Name: Fractures at Smurfit Kappa Bates
Start: 6/23/2023

1 hospitalization · 2023065588 · 6/23/2023 · Smurfit Kappa Bates

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Lower leg(s)
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Stacking machinery

Employer

Name: Smurfit Kappa Bates
Location: 6433 Davis Blvd., NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS, 76182
NAICS: 322211
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was working at a depalletizer machine. He was straightening pallets when the pallet pusher activated, pinning his legs against a pallet. The employee sustained a fractured fibula in both legs.

Source

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