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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2025010614 · 1/19/2025 · DRS SUSTAINMENT SYSTEMS

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Neck and back
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
Source
Step ladders
Secondary source
Other constructed surface

Employer

Name
DRS SUSTAINMENT SYSTEMS
Location
1 McDaniel St, WEST PLAINS, MISSOURI, 65775
NAICS
336211
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was painting the break room wall while standing on the third step of a 6-foot A-frame ladder. The employee was stepping down from the ladder so he could relocate it to complete more painting. The employee missed a step and fell from the ladder to the concrete floor. The employee struck his head/neck on a nearby swivel chair and struck his left hip on the concrete. The employee sustained multiple compression fractures to his spine, including the C7 vertebra, T3-5 vertebrae, and the third and fourth sacral segments. The employee was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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