Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.

Name: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at RHP Staffing Company
Start: 9/29/2016

1 hospitalization · 2016099187 · 9/29/2016 · RHP Staffing Company

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple trunk locations
Nature of injury: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
Source: Movable ladders, unspecified
Secondary source: Limbs, branches-unattached

Employer

Name: RHP Staffing Company
Location: Forest Park, QUEENSBURY, NEW YORK, 12804
NAICS: 531390
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was on a ladder about 8-10 feet up cutting tree branches when a tree branch fell and hit the ladder, causing it to tip. The employee fell to the ground and landed on his back fracturing five ribs, the pelvis and bruising a lung.

Source

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