Fractures

Name: Fractures at Komatsu Mining Corp.
Start: 9/19/2023

1 hospitalization · 2023098632 · 9/19/2023 · Komatsu Mining Corp.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
Source: Nonclassifiable
Secondary source: Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified

Employer

Name: Komatsu Mining Corp.
Location: 401 East Greenfield Avenue, MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, 53204
NAICS: 333131
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was disposing of scrap metal into a roll-off dumpster. He climbed up into the elevated box of scrap parts to throw them in the dumpster when the box shifted and the employee fell to the ground. The employee suffered a fractured scapula, tibia, and fibula.

Source

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