Fractures

Name: Fractures at United States Gypsum Company
Start: 8/26/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017088228 · 8/26/2017 · United States Gypsum Company

Severity

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

Cause

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

Employer

Name: United States Gypsum Company
Location: 6825 EVERGREEN AVENUE, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, 32208
NAICS: 327420
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee on an extension ladder had finished removing links from a chain. As he descended the ladder, his foot became tangled on the ladder's rope, and he fell 5 feet 6 inches to the ground. He bruised his right knee and fractured his hip, requiring hospitalization.

Source

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