Other fall to lower level unspecified · Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Bennett Supply of New York, Wilson Supply Center, WELLSBORO, PENNSYLVANIA 16901
on — Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified, affecting the Head unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee fell onto the loading dock from the back of a delivery truck while unloading railing. The employee was hospitalized with a head injury.
Hospitalized Head unspecified Straight trucks, box trucks
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An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.
An employee fell from a step ladder while reaching for a tie-off point. He impacted the ground, and landed on his bolt bag which contained tools. The employee was hospitalized with fractured ribs, and a lacerated spleen and kidney.
An employee slipped while descending in a stairwell, fell, and suffered multiple contusions/bruises to the head, neck, shoulders, knees, and back. She was hospitalized.
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