Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels

Name: Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels at U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, Upper Midwest Water Science Center
Start: 3/10/2025

1 hospitalization · 2025032245 · 3/10/2025 · U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, Upper Midwest Water Science Center

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Lung(s), pleura
Nature of injury: Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels

Cause

Event: Nonroadway noncollision vehicle overturn
Source: Snowmobile
Secondary source: Slopes, embankments

Employer

Name: U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, Upper Midwest Water Science Center
Location: Ojibwa Lake Road, ELY, MINNESOTA, 55731
NAICS: 541360
Jurisdiction: 0

Narrative

At about 9:15 a.m. on March 10, 2025, an employee was riding along a hardpack snow-covered roadway on a snowmobile. The snowmobile went over a berm and tipped/rolled, causing the employee to fall to the ground. He suffered a collapsed left lung and was hospitalized.

Source

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