Fractures

Name: Fractures at Western States Equipment Co.
Start: 3/21/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017032604 · 3/21/2017 · Western States Equipment Co.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Skull
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
Source: Stairs, steps-indoors

Employer

Name: Western States Equipment Co.
Location: 24 North 3210 East, IDAHO FALLS, IDAHO, 83401
NAICS: 532490
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee had gone up the unguarded stairway to an office that was locked. When he turned to go back down the stairs, he reached out for the handrail that was not there and fell 10 feet off of the landing. He contacted the floor and fractured his skull.

Source

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