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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2024076043 · 7/5/2024 · Seneca Foods Corporation

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Arm(s) unspecified
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
Source
Step ladders
Secondary source
Wrenches, ratchets

Employer

Name
Seneca Foods Corporation
Location
5705 Route 36, LEICESTER, NEW YORK, 14481
NAICS
311421
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was loosening a pipe fitting using two pipe wrenches from the second step of a step ladder. When one of the pipe wrenches lost its grip on the fitting, the employee lost their balance and fell backward to the concrete floor, fracturing their left arm.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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