Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Name: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Western Pneumatics LLC
Start: 8/31/2023

1 hospitalization · 2023088042 · 8/31/2023 · Western Pneumatics LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Leg(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Cause

Event: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
Source: Building materials, unspecified
Secondary source: Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container

Employer

Name: Western Pneumatics LLC
Location: 2601 McDonald Avenue, RUSTON, LOUISIANA, 71270
NAICS: 332996
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a 5-ton overhead crane to lift an end cap when a weld broke on the lifting eye, causing the wall to fall. The employee's right leg was injured by the end cap.

Source

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