Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.

Name: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at PTI Royston, LLC
Start: 4/15/2020

1 hospitalization · 2020043469 · 4/15/2020 · PTI Royston, LLC

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 less than 6 feet
Source: Step ladders
Secondary source: Lamps, light fixtures

Employer

Name: PTI Royston, LLC
Location: 545 OLD ELBERT RD, ROYSTON, GEORGIA, 30662
NAICS: 325412
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was on a 6-foot step ladder, using a wire cutter/stripper to prepare a wire for reconnection to a light fixture in a drop ceiling. A short-circuit caused a flash of light and the employee fell from the ladder to the concrete floor. The employee suffered two broken ribs on the left side, a bruised left lung, and a contusion, and was hospitalized.

Source

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