KANSAS CITY, KANSAS—
Nalco Company
Other jump to lower level, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Nalco Company, 3201 Fairfax Trafficway, KANSAS CITY, KANSAS 66115 on — Fractures, affecting the heel(s).
Final narrative
On 7/3/2020, at 7:00 PM, an employee was climbing down a scaffold and was sprayed by water. This startled him and he jumped off the scaffold. He landed on his heels and fractured them.
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An employee was trying to enter an elevator when the elevator door came down and hit the employee's head. The employee's hard hat was knocked off and the employee fell backwards into an open, metal-grated stairwell. The employee suffered head lacerations, hip bruises, and leg bruises, requiring hospitalization.
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