Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Glickman Metal Recycling, LLC, 410 E 25th Street N, WICHITA, KANSAS 67219
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the head and trunk.
Final narrative
An employee was using an extension ladder to gain access to a section of a shredder to perform maintenance. The base of the ladder was inches away from the frame of a grapple crane. As he reached the top of the ladder and went to step onto the shredder platform, the ladder slipped back several inches into the crane frame and he lost his footing. He fell approximately 10 feet to the concrete below, striking his head and back.
An employee was preparing a tank car for loading while chipping away solidified product in the manway opening of the tank car. A pressure noise within the tank car startled the employee, causing him to stumble backward and fall approximately 10 feet over the guard railing at the chemical loading rack to the ground. The employee suffered fractured vertebrae, a fractured right wrist and ankle, and a dislocated jaw.
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