Fractures

Name: Fractures at Lighthouse Electric, Inc.
Start: 6/16/2015

1 hospitalization · 2015063711 · 6/16/2015 · Lighthouse Electric, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple trunk locations
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
Source: Step ladders
Secondary source: Handtools-nonpowered, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Lighthouse Electric, Inc.
Location: 42 8th Street, MORGANTOWN, WEST VIRGINIA, 26505
NAICS: 238210
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was standing on the third step of an eight foot step ladder pulling a cable through a conduit with a fish tape. The fish tape popped off the cable and the employee fell off the ladder and struck the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured pelvis and chipped vertebrae.

Source

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