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Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

1 hospitalization · 2017098772 · 9/13/2017 · Shaw Pipeline Services, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
Nature of injury
Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Cause

Event
Other fall to lower level, unspecified
Source
Ladders-fixed
Secondary source
Rain

Employer

Name
Shaw Pipeline Services, Inc.
Location
Orion pipeline construction site, HAWLEY, PENNSYLVANIA, 18438
NAICS
237120
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was at the top of a fixed ladder mounted on the interior of a 10-foot deep trench box. It was raining and the employee's feet and the ladder were wet. The employee slipped off the ladder and fell onto his back on the plywood flooring of the excavation, sustaining a back injury.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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