Fractures

Name: Fractures at Southern States - Summersville Coop
Start: 10/19/2023

1 hospitalization · 2023109667 · 10/19/2023 · Southern States - Summersville Coop

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 less than 6 feet
Source: Trailers
Secondary source: Bundles, bales

Employer

Name: Southern States - Summersville Coop
Location: 44 Service Road, SUMMERSVILLE, WEST VIRGINIA, 26651
NAICS: 444220
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was unloading straw bales from a trailer. As he pulled a bale down, the stack fell, knocking the employee approximately 4 feet from the trailer to the gravel ground below. The employee sustained fractures to the wrist, hip, and pelvis that required hospitalization.

Source

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