Fall to lower level resulting from exposure or contact less than 6 feet · Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages without skull fracture
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at HSN, Inc., 1 Hsn Drive, SAINT PETERSBURG, FLORIDA 33729
on — Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages without skull fracture , affecting the Brain.
Final narrative
An employee was running power into a conference room to install a new television while standing on the fourth rung of a ladder. The employee touched an exposed wire while looking at the junction and was shocked. The shock caused the employee to fall from the ladder. They sustained a concussion, a fractured collarbone, a brain bleed, and shock burns.
Hospitalized Brain Portable ladders and stairs unspecified
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