Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Danner Manufacturing, Inc., 160 Oval Drive, ISLANDIA, NEW YORK 11749
on — Fractures, affecting the shoulder(s) and arm(s).
Final narrative
An employee working in a warehouse fell from the second step of a ladder and sustained shoulder and elbow fractures. The employee was hospitalized.
HospitalizedShoulder(s) and arm(s)Ladders, unspecified
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