Fractures

Name: Fractures at Penn Line Corporation
Start: 10/5/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017109572 · 10/5/2017 · Penn Line Corporation

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
Source: Trees

Employer

Name: Penn Line Corporation
Location: 63 Lee Glass Road, BUCKHANNON, WEST VIRGINIA, 26201
NAICS: 561730
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was climbing a tree to trim the branches when he slipped and fell approximately 15 feet to the ground, fracturing his L1 vertebra and requiring hospitalization.

Source

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