Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet · Cuts and abrasions or bruises
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Little Goat Services, LLC, Practice Rock -NW Sylvan Lake Custer State Park, CUSTER, SOUTH DAKOTA 57730
on — Cuts and abrasions or bruises, affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was working as a rock climbing guide and was setting up top ropes for clients when he fell approximately 50 feet to the ground below. The employee sustained abrasions and contusions to the hip, thigh, and lower arm that required stitches.
HospitalizedMultiple body parts, n.e.c.Raised natural structures, hills, mountains, unspecified
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