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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2017065122 · 6/5/2017 · U.S. Department of the Interior

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Multiple body parts, unspecified
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
Source
Embankments

Employer

Name
U.S. Department of the Interior
Location
41?24'23.58"N, 75?40'22.18"W, SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA, 18503
NAICS
712190
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

On June 5, 2017, at 11:50 AM, an employee was directing a tour of elementary school children and attempting to retrieve biological samples from the Lackawanna River with a net. The employee dropped the net into the river. While attempting to retrieve the net, the employee fell down an 8-foot embankment and landed in the river, breaking three ribs and four vertebrae. The employee was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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