Fractures

Name: Fractures at Inter IKEA Systems B.V.
Start: 5/16/2016

1 hospitalization · 2016054261 · 5/16/2016 · Inter IKEA Systems B.V.

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, unspecified
Source: Movable ladders, unspecified
Secondary source: Electrical wiring-building

Employer

Name: Inter IKEA Systems B.V.
Location: 2001 Park Manor Boulevard, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, 15205
NAICS: 452111
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was preparing to install a TV monitor. He was working from an 8-foot ladder and using a voltage tester to evaluate wiring to power the monitor when he made contact with a live electrical wire and fell off the ladder. He hit his head, cracked his vertebra and rib, and suffered a laceration that required stitches.

Source

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