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Doyle Equipment Manufacturing

Fall, slip, trip, unspecified — Fractures — PALMYRA, MISSOURI

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Doyle Equipment Manufacturing in PALMYRA, MISSOURI
Employer Doyle Equipment Manufacturing Report ID 2019010655
Address 1 Jack Doyle City, State ZIP PALMYRA, MISSOURI 63461
Event Date January 18, 2019 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures Body Part Coccygeal region
Event Type Fall, slip, trip, unspecified Source of Injury Nonclassifiable
Secondary Source Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 325311 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 39.85000, -91.52000

Incident Narrative

An employee was unbolting a hopper on a vertical fertilizer blender so that it could be loaded for transportation. When all the bolts except the corner bolts had been taken off, the top corner bolts pulled though the rusted angle iron (and welds broke on the angle iron itself), causing a motion that sent the employee back and to the ground. The employee suffered a broken coccyx.

Incident Summary

On January 18, 2019, a worker at Doyle Equipment Manufacturing in PALMYRA, MISSOURI suffered fractures to the coccygeal region. The incident was classified as fall, slip, trip, unspecified, with nonclassifiable identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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