← OSHA severe injury reports

Fractures

1 hospitalization · 20161111006 · 11/23/2016 · BERWICK ELECTRIC COMPANY

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Arm(s), unspecified
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source
Elevators, hoists, aerial lifts, personnel platforms-except truck-mounted, n.e.c.
Secondary source
Wire, cables-nonelectrical

Employer

Name
BERWICK ELECTRIC COMPANY
Location
6598 Ray Nixon Rd., FOUNTAIN, COLORADO, 80817
NAICS
238210
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was working from a 14-foot boom lift, setting up a wire pool and trying to place it in a sheave, when he lost control and his right arm was caught between the wire and the railing of the lift, breaking it.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown