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Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified

1 hospitalization · 2015041736 · 4/3/2015 · VCNA PRAIRIE, INC.

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Nonclassifiable
Nature of injury
Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified

Cause

Event
Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
Source
Scaffolds-improvised staging
Secondary source
Hopper interiors

Employer

Name
VCNA PRAIRIE, INC.
Location
799 IL Rte. 53, ADDISON, ILLINOIS, 60101
NAICS
327310
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

A maintenance employee was repairing a mixer discharge hopper from a plank that had been laid across the hopper. The employee was sitting on the plank and working from it. The employee fell through the boot of the hopper, approximately 14 feet to the concrete floor below.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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