Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Dish Network LLC., 31-89 123rd Street, FLUSHING, NEW YORK 11354
on — Fractures, affecting the lower leg(s).
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Final narrative
An employee slipped and fell on ice in the company parking lot, fracturing his right tibia and fibula.
An employee was installing satellite service at a customer's residence. While he was picking up a dropped screw from the grass, a snake bit his left middle finger.
An employee was using a forklift to fill orders in a warehouse and attempting to retrieve a pallet between two stacks of other pallets. As he was driving between the two stacks, his foot was caught on a pallet on the left side of the forklift, pinning his leg between the pallet and the forklift. His left leg broke, requiring hospitalization.
On August 4, 2020, an employee was installing a satellite dish at a customer's home. He fell off his ladder to the ground 20 feet below, suffering three broken vertebrae and a head injury. He was hospitalized.
An employee was working in the forest flagging an area to be harvested. He took a step and his foot slipped on a stick hidden under the leaves, causing him to fall to the ground. He landed on his right foot/lower leg resulting in a fractured tibia.
An employee was inspecting an apartment to ensure it was ready for a new resident to move in. The carpet in the apartment had been recently cleaned and was still wet. As the employee went from the carpet to the tiled floor of the bathroom, they slipped and fell, resulting in a torn left hamstring.
An employee was delivering a letter along a rural carrier route when she stepped on an ice-covered snow drift, slipped, and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a right hip fracture that required surgery.
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