Fractures

Name: Fractures at The Westervelt Company
Start: 12/27/2023

1 hospitalization · 20231211686 · 12/27/2023 · The Westervelt Company

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Fall on same level due to slipping
Source: Ground, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Limbs, branches-unattached

Employer

Name: The Westervelt Company
Location: The Westervelt Company -Cahaba Region tract of timberland, WEST BLOCTON, ALABAMA, 35184
NAICS: 321999
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was working in the forest flagging an area to be harvested. He took a step and his foot slipped on a stick hidden under the leaves, causing him to fall to the ground. He landed on his right foot/lower leg resulting in a fractured tibia.

Source

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