Fractures and burns

Name: Fractures and burns at Doubletree by Hilton Hotel Collinsville-St. Louis
Start: 7/26/2016

1 hospitalization · 2016076826 · 7/26/2016 · Doubletree by Hilton Hotel Collinsville-St. Louis

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Ankle(s) and leg(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Fractures and burns

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
Source: Step ladders
Secondary source: Chemicals and chemical products, unspecified

Employer

Name: Doubletree by Hilton Hotel Collinsville-St. Louis
Location: 1000 Eastport Plaza Dr., COLLINSVILLE, ILLINOIS, 62234
NAICS: 721110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was working from a ladder on an HVAC unit in the ceiling when chemicals spilled on him and burned his skin. He then fell from the ladder and broke his leg and ankle, requiring overnight hospitalization and surgery.

Source

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