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Fractures
1 hospitalization · 2016021783 · 2/29/2016 · Westar Roofing Corporation
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 1
- Amputation
- 0
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Ankle(s) and leg(s), unspecified
- Nature of injury
- Fractures
Cause
- Event
- Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- Source
- Ladders-fixed
Employer
- Name
- Westar Roofing Corporation
- Location
- USCG Base ISC Portsmouth, PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA, 23703
- NAICS
- 238160
- Jurisdiction
- 0
Narrative
An employee missed a rung while climbing a fixed ladder and fell 15 feet. He suffered multiple right leg fractures and shattered his right ankle.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
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