Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries

Name: Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries at United States Census Bureau
Start: 5/9/2024

1 hospitalization · 2024054114 · 5/9/2024 · United States Census Bureau

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: Other fall to lower level unspecified
Source: Stairs, steps
Secondary source: Source, secondary source unspecified

Employer

Name: United States Census Bureau
Location: Audelia Rd and Lyndon B Johnson Fwy, DALLAS, TEXAS, 75243
NAICS: 921190
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was walking up the stairs at a private residence while conducting a survey. The employee reached for a tarp that was hanging over the entryway when they fell down the stairs, resulting in a back fracture, two broken ribs, a collapsed lung, and lacerations to the back of the head and neck.

Source

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