Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Name: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at U.S. Coatings, Inc.
Start: 9/1/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017098457 · 9/1/2017 · U.S. Coatings, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level 26 to 30 feet
Source: Ladders-fixed

Employer

Name: U.S. Coatings, Inc.
Location: USNS PFC Dewayne T. Williams, NORTH CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, 29405
NAICS: 336611
Jurisdiction: 0

Narrative

An employee was descending into a tank using a permanent fixed ladder when he received an electrical shock, which caused him to lose his grip on the ladder and fall. He fell approximately 20 feet and struck a platform. He then bounced off the platform handrail and fell another 8 feet to the bottom of the tank, suffering shoulder, rib, and back injuries.

Source

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