Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Name: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at New Earth
Start: 3/3/2020

1 hospitalization · 2020032042 · 3/3/2020 · New Earth

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Lower leg(s)
Nature of injury: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
Source: Movable ladders, unspecified
Secondary source: Machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: New Earth
Location: 6205 FM 2855, KATY, TEXAS, 77493
NAICS: 325314
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

Two employees were fixing and troubleshooting a machine. One of them was on a ladder on top of a belt that needed to be replaced, 3.5 feet high. The machine was activated and the belt moved the ladder, causing the employee to fall to the ground and injure his lower right leg.

Source

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