Fractures

Name: Fractures at LG BARCUS AND SONS
Start: 8/29/2023

1 hospitalization · 2023087973 · 8/29/2023 · LG BARCUS AND SONS

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Lumbar region
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
Source: Girders, beams, structural steel
Secondary source: Sledges, sledgehammers

Employer

Name: LG BARCUS AND SONS
Location: Rock Island Bridge, KANSAS CITY, KANSAS, 66102
NAICS: 237310
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was standing on a bridge girder. He was swinging a sledgehammer when it got caught in the horizontal safety line and caused the employee to lose balance. He fell 16 feet to the dirt ground below, landing on his left side. He sustained a fractured L5 vertebra.

Source

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