Fractures

Name: Fractures at Riggs Distler & Company, Inc.
Start: 6/30/2023

1 hospitalization · 2023065853 · 6/30/2023 · Riggs Distler & Company, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
Source: Utility and telephone poles

Employer

Name: Riggs Distler & Company, Inc.
Location: 512 Chesterville Road, LANDENBERG, PENNSYLVANIA, 19350
NAICS: 236220
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was loading a wooden utility pole onto a digger derrick. A pole piece came free when it was under tension and swung into the employee's lower legs. The employee sustained three fractures to the left ankle as well as one right ankle fracture.

Source

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