Fractures

Name: Fractures at HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY
Start: 9/9/2015

1 hospitalization · 2015096591 · 9/9/2015 · HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

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

Employer

Name: HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY
Location: 1000 HEMPSTEAD TURNPIKE, HEMPSTEAD, NEW YORK, 11549
NAICS: 611310
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was on the third step of a ladder tightening a plug on a boiler unit. He slipped and fell approximately 3 feet to the floor, lacerating his head, breaking a bone in his back, dislocating his right big toe, and bruising his elbow. He was hospitalized.

Source

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