Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments

Name: Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments at Nelson Wire and Steel
Start: 6/3/2015

1 hospitalization · 2015063394 · 6/3/2015 · Nelson Wire and Steel

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)
Nature of injury: Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
Source: Stairs, steps, unspecified

Employer

Name: Nelson Wire and Steel
Location: 1015 New Salem Road, NEW SALEM, PENNSYLVANIA, 15468
NAICS: 331222
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was treated at the hospital after falling approximately 5 feet to the concrete floor below while descending nine-foot portable stairs. The employee tore his rotator cuff and received stitches to his left elbow. The employee was attempting to dislodge a chain attached to an overhead crane at the time of the incident. The employee was unloading wire mesh from a delivery truck in the Blue Building garage door area.

Source

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