Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at SAC AE Design Group, Inc., 540 West Madison St., CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60661
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
Final narrative
An employee was installing covers on radio cabinets. While walking backwards on a grated platform, the employee fell approximately 1 to 2 feet onto a handrail below, suffering rib injuries.
HospitalizedChest, except internal location of diseases or disordersScaffolds-staging, unspecified
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