Fractures

Name: Fractures at Tennessee Valley Authority
Start: 8/9/2015

1 hospitalization · 2015085588 · 8/9/2015 · Tennessee Valley Authority

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
Source: Ladders-fixed

Employer

Name: Tennessee Valley Authority
Location: 2000 Igou Road, SODDY DAISY, TENNESSEE, 37379
NAICS: 221113
Jurisdiction: 0

Narrative

An employee was climbing a fixed ladder with a cage inside of a containment unit when she lost her footing and subsequently lost her hand grip and fell approximately eight feet breaking her right ankle. She had surgery to repair the damage to her ankle.

Source

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