Fractures

Name: Fractures at Western Sugar Cooperative
Start: 1/20/2023

1 hospitalization · 2023010650 · 1/20/2023 · Western Sugar Cooperative

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Fall on same level due to tripping, n.e.c.
Source: Stairs, steps, unspecified

Employer

Name: Western Sugar Cooperative
Location: 2100 East Overland, SCOTTSBLUFF, NEBRASKA, 69361
NAICS: 311313
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was taking a sugar sample to the lab. As he was walking down the stairs, he slipped on the second to last stair and fell backward. The employee's ankle was wedged into the stairs, resulting in a fracture of the left distal fibula at the lateral malleolus.

Source

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