Other fall to lower level, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Tradesmen International , Client Job Site, FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS, ILLINOIS 62208
on — Fractures, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was climbing a ladder to cap a live wire when he bumped the wire and received an electric shock. He then fell from the ladder to the ground, breaking his leg and requiring hospitalization.
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An employee was loading a 4-inch wooden door into a pickup truck when he felt a pop in his right side behind his shoulder blade. He was hospitalized later that day and underwent surgery, having suffered a collapsed right lung.
An employee was changing a die in a press when the die slipped and crushed the employee's left index finger. The employee sustained an open facture of the tuft of the left distal phalanx and a partial amputation.
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