Cuts, lacerations

Name: Cuts, lacerations at Preston County Workshop, Inc
Start: 10/22/2018

1 hospitalization · 20181010872 · 10/22/2018 · Preston County Workshop, Inc

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
Source: Roofs, unspecified
Secondary source: Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified

Employer

Name: Preston County Workshop, Inc
Location: 108 Tunnelton St, KINGWOOD, WEST VIRGINIA, 26537
NAICS: 624310
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning gutters on a residential home. He was working from a ladder and climbed onto the roof to reach a section that was beyond the reach of the ladder when he slipped and fell 20 feet from the roof to the concrete below. He suffered a head laceration, requiring hospitalization and staples.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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