Fractures and other injuries, unspecified

Name: Fractures and other injuries, unspecified at Washington Headquarters Services
Start: 8/11/2023

1 hospitalization · 2023087313 · 8/11/2023 · Washington Headquarters Services

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
Source: Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
Secondary source: Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified

Employer

Name: Washington Headquarters Services
Location: 450 Harbaugh Valley Road, FAIRFIELD, PENNSYLVANIA, 17320
NAICS: 561210
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee climbed up on an elevated sidewalk and stepped onto a dumpster to push a piece of scrap steel into the dumpster. He lost balance and fell about 5.5 feet onto the asphalt road surface. The piece of scrap steel then fell on top of him. The employee sustained a head injury including a laceration, a fractured sternum, and a fractured left wrist.

Source

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