Cuts, lacerations

Name: Cuts, lacerations at Thompson Electric, Inc.
Start: 10/1/2018

1 hospitalization · 20181010118 · 10/1/2018 · Thompson Electric, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Scalp
Nature of injury: Cuts, lacerations

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
Source: Step ladders
Secondary source: Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified

Employer

Name: Thompson Electric, Inc.
Location: Homer City Power Station, HOMER CITY, PENNSYLVANIA, 15748
NAICS: 238210
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was standing on the second-to-bottom rung of a step ladder, adjusting ladders on top of a van, when he fell backwards and his head struck the ground. He suffered a head laceration.

Source

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