Fractures

Name: Fractures at Schindler Elevator, Corp.
Start: 1/7/2020

1 hospitalization · 2020010179 · 1/7/2020 · Schindler Elevator, Corp.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
Source: Ladders-fixed
Secondary source: Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified

Employer

Name: Schindler Elevator, Corp.
Location: Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield NJ, NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, 07101
NAICS: 238290
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was on a fixed ladder in an elevator pit performing elevator testing and maintenance when the employee slipped on the third rung and fell 3 feet. The employee was hospitalized with a knee injury and fractured tibia.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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