Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Enprotech Industrial Technologies LLC, 4900 Lighthouse Drive, NEWPORT, ARKANSAS 72112
on — Fractures , affecting the Lower leg(s).
Final narrative
An employee was standing on a step ladder and operating a hydraulic jack. The jack began shifting, causing the ladder to tip to the left. The employee caught himself as he was stepping down from the third rung of the ladder. When he stepped to the floor, his left foot rolled and twisted under his body weight, resulting in fractures to his tibia and fibula above the ankle.
Hospitalized Lower leg(s) Step ladders
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