Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Ten Mile Paving LLC, 100 Commercial Drive, WASHINGTON, PENNSYLVANIA 15301
on — Fractures, affecting the upper and lower limb(s).
Final narrative
An employee had just loaded a pickup truck onto the deck of a rollback truck. He was standing on the deck, reaching to close the driver door of the pickup, when the pickup's rear door swung open and caused him to lose his balance. He fell 3 feet to the ground below, sustaining fractures to the right tibia and fibula, as well as a fractured left wrist.
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An employee was attempting to refuel a tack buggy when a flame from a nearby rosebud torch ignited the fuel or vapors. The employee was exposed to the flame, burning him on his left arm, hand, and abdomen.
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.
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