Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.

Name: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at Lanco Mechanicals
Start: 3/31/2022

1 hospitalization · 2022032890 · 3/31/2022 · Lanco Mechanicals

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple trunk locations
Nature of injury: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
Source: Extension ladders
Secondary source: Rocks, crushed stone

Employer

Name: Lanco Mechanicals
Location: 21 Deck Drive, MYERSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 17067
NAICS: 236118
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was climbing an extension ladder on a garage. He hit his knee and fell onto stone 12 feet below. He suffered two broken thoracic vertebrae, lacerations to the back, a damaged lung, and paralysis of the legs. He was hospitalized and underwent surgery.

Source

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