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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2019055132 · 5/21/2019 · Life Cycle Engineering

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Other fall to lower level, unspecified
Source
Stairs, steps-indoors
Secondary source
Walls

Employer

Name
Life Cycle Engineering
Location
Naval Business Center, The Commandant's Building, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, 19112
NAICS
541330
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was walking down the steps between the second and third floor, missed a step and fell. The employee hit his head during the fall down the stairs and again at the bottom of the stairs against the marble baseboard. He briefly lost consciousness while waiting for the paramedics. The employee was hospitalized for a fractured vertebra in his neck and a laceration on his forehead.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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