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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2016109807 · 10/18/2016 · Penn Foster

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Multiple lower extremities locations, unspecified
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

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

Employer

Name
Penn Foster
Location
925 Oak Street, SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA, 18515
NAICS
611710
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was performing electrical work from a 6-foot ladder. He was coming down the ladder when it slipped and he fell with it. He suffered a broken right tibia and fractured two other bones in his foot/ankle, requiring hospitalization.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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