Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at JCI Jones Chemical Inc., 100 Sunny Sol Boulevard, CALEDONIA, NEW YORK 14423
on — Fractures, affecting the upper and lower limb(s).
Final narrative
An employee was on a portable ladder, cutting up an out-of-service storage tank with a circular saw. The employee fell from the ladder to a concrete pad about 9-10 feet below, suffering multiple fractures in both heels and a broken left ring finger.
HospitalizedUpper and lower limb(s)Movable ladders, unspecified
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