Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries

Name: Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries at J & K Plumbing & Heating Co, Inc.
Start: 4/26/2024

1 hospitalization · 2024043652 · 4/26/2024 · J & K Plumbing & Heating Co, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple trunk locations
Nature of injury: Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries

Cause

Event: Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment unspecified
Source: Portable ladders and stairs unspecified
Secondary source: Other constructed surface

Employer

Name: J & K Plumbing & Heating Co, Inc.
Location: 10 Gannette Drive, JOHNSON CITY, NEW YORK, 13790
NAICS: 238220
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was standing on the fourth or fifth rung of a double-sided, 8-foot ladder and handing a duct up to another employee when the leg of the ladder broke and he fell to the concrete floor, landing on his side and head. The employee was hospitalized with five cracked ribs, a contusion and laceration to the skull, and a bruised lung.

Source

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