Other fall to lower level, unspecified · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Fine Cedar Siding LLC, 2036 Buttonwood Road, BERWYN, PENNSYLVANIA 19312
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was on an extension ladder, using a metal crowbar to remove shingles from near a second-story window on an outside detached garage. The ladder slipped from under him and he fell, landing on the black asphalt driveway in front of the garage. He suffered an injury to his back and was hospitalized.
HospitalizedBack, including spine, spinal cord, unspecifiedExtension ladders
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