Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment less than 6 feet · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at The H.T. Hackney Co., Inc., 1527 East Union Street, VIENNA, GEORGIA 31092
on — Fractures , affecting the Lower leg(s).
Final narrative
An employee was making a delivery and descending the ramp to lock it into place when the ramp fell. The employee landed on the ramp on the ground, fracturing his left tibia and fibula.
An employee was descending a 10-foot A-frame ladder. The ladder came out from under the employee when he was about 5 to 6 feet above ground level. He fell, landed on the left side of his body, and sustained fractures to four ribs, his pelvis, and hip socket, and sustained injuries on the left side of his body. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was handling a small platform ladder with three steps and two wheels in the front. The employee was found on the floor underneath the ladder. She was hospitalized with multiple fractures to the sacrum.
An employee was on a ladder four feet above the ground to install insulation. The ladder began to slide and the employee jumped to the shop floor, breaking his left tibia and fibula at the ankle. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
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