Other fall to lower level, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at PRIME INC., 2848 N. LeCompte, SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI 65808
on — Fractures, affecting the thigh(s).
Final narrative
An employee on a ladder was drilling holes in the wall to run fiber optic wire for a breakroom television monitor. As he tried to pull the wire through the hole, the ladder slipped out from under him and slid down the wall it was leaning on. He landed on the ladder and the floor, fracturing his right femur.
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An employee was clearing debris from a conveyor belt using a 2 X 4. The 2 X 4 was sucked into the machine along with the employee's body, injuring his left arm and shoulder, his head, and causing part of his left ring finger to be amputated.
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