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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2017065846 · 6/26/2017 · E2 Optics LLC

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Lumbar region
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
Source
Extension ladders

Employer

Name
E2 Optics LLC
Location
917 7th street, GREELEY, COLORADO, 80631
NAICS
237130
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was on an extension ladder (approximately 8 feet up) testing a phone port on the ceiling when the ladder slipped out from under him and he fell to the ground, breaking his vertebrae and crushing a disc in his lower back. He was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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