Fractures and burns

Name: Fractures and burns at D & F INDUSTRIES, INC.
Start: 11/28/2017

1 hospitalization · 20171111298 · 11/28/2017 · D & F INDUSTRIES, INC.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Fractures and burns

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
Source: Movable ladders, unspecified
Secondary source: Electric parts, unspecified

Employer

Name: D & F INDUSTRIES, INC.
Location: 5540 Raphael Drive, EDINBURG, TEXAS, 78539
NAICS: 238210
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

While standing on a ladder and installing light fixtures, an employee touched live wires and was thrown from the ladder. The employee suffered a fractured tailbone from the fall and electrical burns to the right thumb and left shoulder from the live wires.

Source

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