AXION SPECIALTY CONTRACTING, LLC

Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. — Fractures — NORTON, MASSACHUSETTS

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at AXION SPECIALTY CONTRACTING, LLC in NORTON, MASSACHUSETTS
Employer AXION SPECIALTY CONTRACTING, LLC Report ID 2018099189
Address Commerce Way City, State ZIP NORTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02766
Event Date September 5, 2018 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures Body Part Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
Event Type Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. Source of Injury Structural elements, n.e.c.
Secondary Source Ceilings, walls, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 238220 Inspection #
GPS Coordinates 41.95000, -71.13000

Incident Narrative

An employee was moving a lift into another room and had closed the room door when a sheet metal damper installed in the wall above the door fell from the ceiling and hit the employee's back, fracturing the C5 vertebra and compressing other vertebrae.

Incident Summary

On September 5, 2018, a worker at AXION SPECIALTY CONTRACTING, LLC in NORTON, MASSACHUSETTS suffered fractures to the neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders. The incident was classified as struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c., with structural elements, n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

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