Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at BPG Inspection LLC, 5 Saw Mill Way, SAINT CHARLES, MISSOURI 63303
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the hip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was setting up a radon test in a vacant home. She fell on a step, her left side striking the floor. She suffered a hip injury and was hospitalized.
A home inspector was inspecting a roof. As he came down a ladder, it slipped from under him and he fell onto the patio 9 feet below. He suffered broken teeth, a broken left wrist, and a broken pelvis and was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.
An employee was climbing a step ladder while carrying a 3-foot piece of conduit. As he went to reposition his feet on the ladder by pivoting, he slipped and fell from the third rung of a 6-foot ladder. The employee sustained fractures to the left femur, right elbow, and right ring finger.
An employee was descending a 4-step maintenance stand when she missed the bottom step and fell to the hangar floor. The employee suffered a left hip fracture.
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