Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at H. H. Knoebel Sons, Inc., 391 Knoebels Blvd, ELYSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA 17824
on — Fractures, affecting the lower leg(s).
Final narrative
While operating a bumper car ride, an employee slipped and fell onto the hard steel decking surface, breaking the right tibia and fibula.
An employee was working on a billboard while standing on a step ladder. The ladder kicked out and the employee fell about five feet, then rolled down an embankment about ten feet. He suffered a broken wrist.
On Tuesday, February 16, 2016, at approximately 4:00PM, an employee was walking across a wet 6"x6" piece of lumber, while carrying a 4"x4" piece of lumber, when he slipped and fell. The employee sustained a fracture to his left ankle and 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.
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