Fractures and soft tissue injuries

Name: Fractures and soft tissue injuries at U.S. Department of Agriculture
Start: 12/27/2024

1 hospitalization · 20241211906 · 12/27/2024 · U.S. Department of Agriculture

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Arm(s) unspecified
Nature of injury: Fractures and soft tissue injuries

Cause

Event: Fall on same level due to slip or trip
Source: Other constructed surface
Secondary source: Continuous tracks

Employer

Name: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Location: 10300 Baltimore Avenue, BELTSVILLE, MARYLAND, 20705
NAICS: 921190
Jurisdiction: 0

Narrative

An employee was taking wrenches from a shop and loading tools into a pickup truck. When he turned around from the truck, he tripped over skid-steer tracks that were loose on the ground and fell. The employee's arms were fractured and their right arm was also dislocated.

Source

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