Fractures

Name: Fractures at C.W. Matthews Contracting Company, Inc.
Start: 5/21/2025

1 hospitalization · 2025054802 · 5/21/2025 · C.W. Matthews Contracting Company, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Lower leg(s)
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Struck by dislodged or detached object(s)
Source: Chains
Secondary source: Tow truck

Employer

Name: C.W. Matthews Contracting Company, Inc.
Location: exit 101 us 278, SOCIAL CIRCLE, GEORGIA, 30025
NAICS: 237310
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was winching a shipping container onto his rollback truck using a remote and standing at the rear. The hook on the chain broke and the chain struck his right leg. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured tibia and a laceration.

Source

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