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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2017065275 · 6/9/2017 · U.S. Forest Service-Coconino National Forest

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Lower leg(s)
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
Source
Ladders, unspecified

Employer

Name
U.S. Forest Service-Coconino National Forest
Location
1824 S. Thompson Street, FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA, 86001
NAICS
924120
Jurisdiction
0

Narrative

An employee was on a 5-foot ladder, removing burnable material from the roof and gutters of a structure threatened by wildfire, when he fell from the ladder to the ground. He suffered an open tibia/fibula fracture to his left leg.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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