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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2018032380 · 3/9/2018 · TDS TELECOM

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Lower leg(s)
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Fall on same level due to slipping
Source
Street, road, driveway-unpaved
Secondary source
Ice, sleet, snow

Employer

Name
TDS TELECOM
Location
140 North Monroe, LANCASTER, WISCONSIN, 53813
NAICS
517911
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was testing a customer's telephone line and walking back to his work truck, which was parked on the road about 50 feet away. As he walked down the steep gravel driveway, he slipped on snow and landed on his left foot, rolling his ankle and breaking his left fibula and tibia.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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