Other fall to lower level, unspecified · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Ivory Solutions, Bush Terminal BLDG A 13, 13-42nd Street, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK 11232
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
Final narrative
On 8-24-2020 at 2:40 a.m., an Ivory Solutions employee was on a stepladder removing a ceiling when the ceiling fell, causing the employee to fall off the stepladder. As he fell, he hit his ribs on the ladder, injuring them and requiring hospitalization.
HospitalizedChest, except internal location of diseases or disordersStep ladders
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