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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2020043518 · 4/16/2020 · WILHITE ELECTRIC CO

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Wrist(s)
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Other fall to lower level, unspecified
Source
Ladders, unspecified
Secondary source
Electric parts, unspecified

Employer

Name
WILHITE ELECTRIC CO
Location
4450 VIKING LOOP, BOSSIER CITY, LOUISIANA, 71111
NAICS
238210
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was on a ladder installing an electric metallic tube. While attaching the tubing, the employee was startled by a shock and slipped off the ladder, falling to the ground and breaking his wrist. He was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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