Other fall to lower level, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Sims Municipal Recycling Center, 472 2nd Ave, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK 11232
on — Fractures, affecting the chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
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Final narrative
An employee was on an A-frame ladder inside a bunker, which he had entered to change a conveyor belt roller. While he was looking for a place to attach his retractable lanyard, the ladder slid forward. He fell, landing on the bunker floor and on the self-retracting lanyards attached to his body harness. He suffered broken ribs.
HospitalizedChest, except internal location of diseases or disordersStep ladders
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