Fractures

Name: Fractures at General Dynamics Ordnance And Tactical Systems, Inc.
Start: 10/19/2023

1 hospitalization · 2023109682 · 10/19/2023 · General Dynamics Ordnance And Tactical Systems, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c.
Source: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
Secondary source: Racks-garment and other

Employer

Name: General Dynamics Ordnance And Tactical Systems, Inc.
Location: 1200 North Glenbrook Drive, GARLAND, TEXAS, 75040
NAICS: 332993
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was changing an insert in the tool head of a CNC machine. The employee had stepped up approximately 28 inches onto the door track of the machine. When the employee went to step back down to the floor, they lost balance and fell backward onto a rack of metal parts. The employee sustained a compression fracture to the spine.

Source

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