Fractures

Name: Fractures at U.S. Forest Service-Coconino National Forest
Start: 6/9/2017

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: JSON-LD · Markdown