Fractures

Name: Fractures at H.H. Knoebel Sons, Inc
Start: 7/17/2016

1 hospitalization · 2016076454 · 7/17/2016 · H.H. Knoebel Sons, Inc

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
Source: Step ladders
Secondary source: Raised natural structures, hills, mountains, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: H.H. Knoebel Sons, Inc
Location: Route 61 near 61 and 487, PAXINOS, PENNSYLVANIA, 17860
NAICS: 444110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was working on a billboard while standing on a step ladder. The ladder kicked out and the employee fell about five feet, then rolled down an embankment about ten feet. He suffered a broken wrist.

Source

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