Jump from collapsing structure or equipment, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Icelandirect Inc., 1 Madison Street Unit D, EAST RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY 07073
on — Fractures, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was taking a photo of a product shelved in an upper part of the warehouse. As she was climbing a warehouse extension ladder, it slid downwards. She jumped from the ladder and hit the floor, breaking both legs.
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An employee was dismantling a one-tier scaffold and put all the boards to one side. It started to fall and as he tried to dismount the scaffold a board caught his foot and fractured the right ankle.
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