Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Paramount Pictures Corporation, 370 Babcock Street, BUFFALO, NEW YORK 14206
on — Fractures, affecting the foot(feet) and leg(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was standing about two-thirds of the way up on a 12-foot portable ladder. He was using the claw of a hammer to partially loosen a screw that was embedded on a wooden board attached to the wall. When the screw came free, the employee lost his balance and fell off the ladder landing on his feet on the concrete floor. He sustained a left heel fracture and a right tibia/fibula fracture.
HospitalizedFoot(feet) and leg(s), n.e.c.Movable ladders, unspecified
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