Fractures

Name: Fractures at Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Business and Industry
Start: 1/23/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018010761 · 1/23/2018 · Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Business and Industry

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
Source: Elevators

Employer

Name: Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Business and Industry
Location: 2 Public Square, WILKES BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA, 18701
NAICS: 813910
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was riding the elevator down from the 5th floor. It stopped between the 1st and 2nd floors and would not move. He tried to get the elevator to move, worked his way out of the opening, and fell about 6 feet to the pavement below. He broke several ribs.

Source

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