Fractures

Name: Fractures at Sheers Heating & Cooling
Start: 8/24/2022

1 hospitalization · 2022087542 · 8/24/2022 · Sheers Heating & Cooling

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
Source: Ladders-fixed
Secondary source: Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified

Employer

Name: Sheers Heating & Cooling
Location: 219 Gihon Village, PARKERSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA, 26101
NAICS: 238220
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was climbing down from a fixed ladder on a building. One of the steps came apart due to stripped bolts, causing the employee to fall 11 feet to the ground. The employee sustained a fractured arm, fractured wrist, and fractured hip.

Source

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