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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 20181112233 · 11/29/2018 · Panhandle Harvesting Services, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Lower leg(s)
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Entangled in other object or equipment
Source
Ladders, unspecified

Employer

Name
Panhandle Harvesting Services, LLC
Location
Cotton field 2 miles South of intersection, CLAUDE, TEXAS, 79019
NAICS
115113
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was going up a ladder near the top of a module builder when he stepped off the ladder and went to open the door of the module builder cab. He reached to open the cab door and lost his balance, falling to his right. He grabbed at the ladder but missed, and his right leg went through the ladder and snapped, breaking both bones in his lower leg. He was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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