Slip, trip, stumble while stepping between levels · Injuries to the brain, spinal cord and severe wounds, internal injuries
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at E & B Transportation, 2571 Municipal Rd, DOVER, PENNSYLVANIA 17315
on — Injuries to the brain, spinal cord and severe wounds, internal injuries, affecting the Multiple body parts n.e.c..
Final narrative
A driver fell to the ground while stepping into the bus and suffered a head laceration, a broken clavicle, five broken ribs, a punctured lung, and a brain bleed.
An employee was walking through a parking garage. She tripped over a curb and fell forward onto her right knee, then her left knee, both hands, and her face. She suffered an injury to the left knee that required surgery, as well as scrapes on the chin and both palms and soreness in the left wrist.
An employee was dropping customers off with a shuttle. He stepped out of the shuttle and his foot entered a pothole, causing him to twist his ankle and then fall to the ground. The employee sustained multiple dislocations to the ankle requiring surgery.
An employee was approximately 5 feet up on a ladder while drilling a hole for cable installation. A wasp attacked him. As he was coming down the ladder, he landed flat on his feet on the ground, and his right leg was twisted. The employee sustained a fractured tibia.
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