Fractures and soft tissue injuries

Name: Fractures and soft tissue injuries at NSK Industries Inc
Start: 11/22/2024

1 hospitalization · 20241110879 · 11/22/2024 · NSK Industries Inc

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Ankle(s) and leg(s) n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Fractures and soft tissue injuries

Cause

Event: Fall on same level n.e.c.
Source: Other constructed surface
Secondary source: Ropes, ties, chains n.e.c.

Employer

Name: NSK Industries Inc
Location: 150 Ascot Parkway, CUYAHOGA FALLS, OHIO, 44223
NAICS: 332722
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was testing plastic zip ties attached to a rack by putting cable ties around the pallet rack and pulling on the cable tie. The zip tie broke and he lost his balance and fell. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured ankle and ruptures to their left and right quadriceps tendons.

Source

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