Fractures and dislocations

Name: Fractures and dislocations at NYSEG
Start: 10/17/2018

1 hospitalization · 20181010721 · 10/17/2018 · NYSEG

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Fractures and dislocations

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
Source: Extension ladders
Secondary source: Generators

Employer

Name: NYSEG
Location: 41 South Main Street, PRATTSBURGH, NEW YORK, 14873
NAICS: 221122
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was on a 24-foot ladder that was not fully extended, hooking up a new electrical connection, when he fell approximately 6 to 10 feet backwards off the ladder and landed on a generator below. He dislocated his left elbow and broke four ribs and four spinal tips. He was hospitalized.

Source

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