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Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

1 hospitalization · 2016042759 · 4/2/2016 · Lehigh Valley Insulation, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Arm(s), unspecified
Nature of injury
Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Cause

Event
Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
Source
Step ladders

Employer

Name
Lehigh Valley Insulation, Inc.
Location
3113 East Walker Road, BATH, PENNSYLVANIA, 18014
NAICS
238310
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was working from a 6-foot step ladder while using a screw gun to install a panel cover. He lost his footing, knocked the ladder from beneath himself, and fell to the ground, landing on top of the ladder. He suffered a head laceration and wrist injury, requiring hospitalization.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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