Injuries to the brain, spinal cord and severe wounds, internal injuries

Name: Injuries to the brain, spinal cord and severe wounds, internal injuries at Cargill Feed and Nutrition
Start: 5/9/2024

1 hospitalization · 2024054075 · 5/9/2024 · Cargill Feed and Nutrition

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple body parts n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Injuries to the brain, spinal cord and severe wounds, internal injuries

Cause

Event: Struck by door, gate, window
Source: Doors swinging and sliding
Secondary source: High winds, gusts, turbulence

Employer

Name: Cargill Feed and Nutrition
Location: 1502 Industrial Park Road, GIDDINGS, TEXAS, 78942
NAICS: 493130
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was closing a metal silo door at the third level of the mill tower. A 60 mph gust of wind blew the door into the employee causing a fractured neck, back, and tibia, and a contusion to the back of the head with a brain bleed.

Source

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