Fractures

Name: Fractures at Young Electric, Inc.
Start: 10/23/2023

1 hospitalization · 2023109770 · 10/23/2023 · Young Electric, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Wrist(s)
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
Source: Delivery truck or van
Secondary source: Blouses, shirts, dresses, trousers, skirts

Employer

Name: Young Electric, Inc.
Location: Sherwin Williams Plant 630 E 13th St., ANDOVER, KANSAS, 67002
NAICS: 335313
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee had stepped into a company van to retrieve hardware/parts. As he was stepping backward out of the rear of the van, his pant leg snagged on the trailer hitch under the bumper. The employee fell backward out of the van, landing on his left hand and arm and sustaining fractures to the left distal radius and ulnar styloid.

Source

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