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Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels

1 hospitalization · 2024043034 · 4/5/2024 · Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Multiple internal chest locations
Nature of injury
Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels

Cause

Event
Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
Source
Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery unspecified
Secondary source
Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery unspecified

Employer

Name
Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC
Location
1600 Fort Jesse Rd, NORMAL, ILLINOIS, 61761
NAICS
326211
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was walking backward on top of a tire machine while carrying drum sections when he fell 2.5 feet onto the machine's O-ring segment. This resulted in two fractured ribs and a punctured lung that required hospitalization.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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