Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Consolidated Grain and Barge Co., 838 Township Rd. 840 East, GLADSTONE, ILLINOIS 61437
on — Fractures, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
At about 1:15 p.m. on October 12, 2022, an employee was climbing a fixed ladder to disembark from a barge at a dock. He slipped and fell from the ladder to the deck of the barge about 5 to 7 feet below. His left leg was broken and he was hospitalized.
HospitalizedLeg(s), unspecifiedPiers, wharfs
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