Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Trax International Corporation, White Sands Missile Range, WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, NEW MEXICO 88002
on — Fractures, affecting the arm(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee fell off a three foot ladder and broke his left arm. He was hospitalized for surgery to repair the fractured arm.
An employee was climbing a step ladder while carrying a 3-foot piece of conduit. As he went to reposition his feet on the ladder by pivoting, he slipped and fell from the third rung of a 6-foot ladder. The employee sustained fractures to the left femur, right elbow, and right ring finger.
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