Fractures

Name: Fractures at Nelson Insulation Company
Start: 5/30/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018055268 · 5/30/2018 · Nelson Insulation Company

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Foot (feet), unspecified
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
Source: Step ladders
Secondary source: Blouses, shirts, dresses, trousers, skirts

Employer

Name: Nelson Insulation Company
Location: 33rd floor,1 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60603
NAICS: 238290
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was standing on an 8-foot A-frame ladder taping insulation to a duct. His shirt got caught on something and as he tried to wiggle free, he lost balance and fell off the ladder feet first. The impact with the ground fractured the employee's left foot.

Source

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