Fractures

Name: Fractures at WIRECO WORLDGROUP, INC.
Start: 12/27/2023

1 hospitalization · 20231211673 · 12/27/2023 · WIRECO WORLDGROUP, INC.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
Source: Fasteners, connectors, ropes, ties, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones

Employer

Name: WIRECO WORLDGROUP, INC.
Location: 2806 North Industrial Road, KIRKSVILLE, MISSOURI, 63501
NAICS: 332618
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was helping to disassemble large reels used to store steel wire when a 264-pound flange from the reel fell over onto the employee's left leg. The employee sustained multiple fractures to their leg and ligament injuries to the lower leg.

Source

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