FAIRLESS HILLS, PENNSYLVANIA—
Kinder Morgan
Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Kinder Morgan, 1000 South Port Road, FAIRLESS HILLS, PENNSYLVANIA 19030 on — Fractures, affecting the lower leg(s).
Final narrative
An employee was working on a 10 foot step ladder, clipping clamps onto steel pipe stacked 4-high (14 ft. to top of pipes). The ladder tipped over and the employee fell 6' to 8' to the ground breaking the left tibia requiring surgery to repair.
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An employee was repairing an overhead door when they fell from a mobile stair platform to the floor and sustained a fractured left leg.
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