Other fall to lower level, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Wonton Food Inc., 52-10 37th Street, LONG ISLAND CITY, NEW YORK 11101
on — Fractures, affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was cleaning a light fixture and pipe on a 12-foot A-frame ladder near an entryway with an automatic upward sliding door. The door was activated, opened upward and knocked the employee off the ladder. He fractured his left shoulder and neck.
HospitalizedMultiple body parts, n.e.c.Step ladders
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