Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Name: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Sunshine Electronic Display
Start: 1/12/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017010371 · 1/12/2017 · Sunshine Electronic Display

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
Nature of injury: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
Source: Extension ladders

Employer

Name: Sunshine Electronic Display
Location: 14811 N. Fwy, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77090
NAICS: 339950
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was installing a sign for a newly constructed gas station and was using a 14-foot extension ladder along with some hand tools. When he began to descend the ladder, it slid to the side. He then fell 12 feet to the ground below and injured his back, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

Source

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