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Fractures
1 hospitalization · 2018065816 · 6/13/2018 · United States Postal Service
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 1
- Amputation
- 0
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Knee(s)
- Nature of injury
- Fractures
Cause
- Event
- Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- Source
- Step ladders
- Secondary source
- Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
Employer
- Name
- United States Postal Service
- Location
- 450 Route 25A, EAST SETAUKET, NEW YORK, 11733
- NAICS
- 491110
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was on a four-foot ladder adjusting a handicap sign. The employee missed a rung and fell to the ground fracturing the right knee.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown