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Resourceful Environmental Services, Inc.

Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part — Fractures and dislocations — RIPLEY, MISSISSIPPI

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Resourceful Environmental Services, Inc. in RIPLEY, MISSISSIPPI
Employer Resourceful Environmental Services, Inc. Report ID 2017032485
Address 15900 Hwy 15 N., Ashley Furniture City, State ZIP RIPLEY, MISSISSIPPI 38663
Event Date March 17, 2017 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures and dislocations Body Part Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
Event Type Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part Source of Injury Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
Secondary Source Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck
Industry (NAICS) 562211 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 34.78000, -88.92000

Incident Narrative

An employee was unloading a waste receiver box. The employee walked behind the box to check the cable and the box slid off the truck pinning the employee between the box and the wall. The employee was hospitalized for a separated shoulder and a broken rib.

Incident Summary

On March 17, 2017, a worker at Resourceful Environmental Services, Inc. in RIPLEY, MISSISSIPPI suffered fractures and dislocations to the multiple body parts, n.e.c.. The incident was classified as struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part, with tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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