Fractures

Name: Fractures at Panhandle Cleaning & Restoration, Inc
Start: 9/13/2020

1 hospitalization · 2020098698 · 9/13/2020 · Panhandle Cleaning & Restoration, Inc

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 16 to 20 feet
Source: Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
Secondary source: Floor, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Panhandle Cleaning & Restoration, Inc
Location: WV Potato Chip Factory, PARKERSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA, 26101
NAICS: 562910
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a lift to access a work platform to conduct work on an exhaust fan. As the employee stepped from the lift basket onto the work platform, the platform collapsed and the employee fell 16 feet to the concrete floor below. The employee sustained a fractured left hip, two left rib fractures, a fractured left arm, and a fractured left orbital bone.

Source

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