CENTEREACH, NEW YORK—
Verizon
Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Verizon , 4 Northview Ct, CENTEREACH, NEW YORK 11720 on — Fractures, affecting the chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
Final narrative
An employee was reattaching a telephone wire to a residential home when the ladder he was working from slipped out and caused him to fall approximately 8 to 10 feet to the ground. He sustained bruising, three broken ribs, a laceration to his forehead, and a sore thumb.
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