Fractures

Name: Fractures at Penn State University
Start: 10/23/2020

1 hospitalization · 20201010111 · 10/23/2020 · Penn State University

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
Source: Tractor, unspecified

Employer

Name: Penn State University
Location: 6 Eisenhower Parking Deck, UNIVERSITY PARK, PENNSYLVANIA, 16802
NAICS: 611310
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning the rear window of a tractor while standing on the hitch bars and fell. The employee fractured three ribs and sustained a hemothorax on the right side.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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