Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.

Name: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at Armstrong Utilities Inc.
Start: 5/8/2019

1 hospitalization · 2019054679 · 5/8/2019 · Armstrong Utilities Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
Nature of injury: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
Source: Movable ladders, unspecified
Secondary source: Utility and telephone poles

Employer

Name: Armstrong Utilities Inc.
Location: 172 Dreher Road, BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA, 16002
NAICS: 238210
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was on a ladder that was leaning against a pole to disconnect cable TV from a client's house. The pole the ladder was leaning on broke at the base and the employee and the ladder fell to the ground. The employee sustained four broken ribs and a bruised lung.

Source

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