Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Kosei St. Mary's Corporation, 1100 McKinley Road, SAINT MARYS, OHIO 45885
on — Fractures, affecting the chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
Final narrative
An employee was outside taking a break on a retaining wall by an argon gas tank. Upon standing up, the employee became dizzy and fell 4 feet, 3 inches off the retaining wall onto the concrete. They sustained a right clavicle contusion and fractures to ribs 3-8 and 10. The employee was hospitalized.
HospitalizedChest, except internal location of diseases or disordersWalls
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