Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Verizon of PA, of LLC., 14079 Wayne Drive, NORTH HUNTINGDON, PENNSYLVANIA 15642
on — Fractures, affecting the hip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was ascending a portable ladder and fell approximately 10 feet, breaking a hip.
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