Other fall to lower level, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Karchner Logistics & Distribution Services, 425 Jaycee Drive, HAZLETON, PENNSYLVANIA 18202
on — Fractures, affecting the back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was using a 10-foot extension ladder to hang a sign in the warehouse. The ladder slipped out from under the employee, who fell to the ground and suffered from a partial fracture to the spine. The employee was hospitalized.
HospitalizedBack, including spine, spinal cord, unspecifiedExtension ladders
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