Fractures

Name: Fractures at Mid-American Water & Plumbing, Inc.
Start: 1/4/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018010126 · 1/4/2018 · Mid-American Water & Plumbing, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
Source: Movable ladders, unspecified

Employer

Name: Mid-American Water & Plumbing, Inc.
Location: Fort Riley Base, FORT RILEY, KANSAS, 66442
NAICS: 238220
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was putting pipe on a hanger rack using a ladder when the ladder shifted. The employee then fell 5 feet to the cement/concrete floor below and suffered a broken scalp, broken shoulder, and finger injuries, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

Source

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