Fractures

Name: Fractures at R.C. Fabricators, Inc.
Start: 7/5/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017076147 · 7/5/2017 · R.C. Fabricators, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Knee(s)
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

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

Employer

Name: R.C. Fabricators, Inc.
Location: 7254 Cedar Creek Road, LINCOLN, DELAWARE, 19960
NAICS: 236220
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was carrying tools up an extension ladder when the ladder's feet began to slide back along the steel decking below. He lost his balance and fell approximately 7 feet to the steel decking, lacerating his right knee and breaking his right kneecap. He was hospitalized.

Source

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