Fractures

Name: Fractures at Labarre Associates, Inc.
Start: 1/7/2015

1 hospitalization · 2015010163 · 1/7/2015 · Labarre Associates, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
Source: Extension ladders

Employer

Name: Labarre Associates, Inc.
Location: Pelican State Credit Union, LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA, 70601
NAICS: 541310
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

Employee was using a 5-6 ft extension ladder to access an exterior light fixture. Upon removing the light fixture, the fixture broke free of the wall and fell towards the employee's face. Employee attempted to dodge the falling fixture, causing him to lose his footing on the ladder. He fell from the ladder and was hospitalized with fractures to both bones in his right ankle.

Source

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