Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Injuries to the brain, spinal cord and severe wounds, internal injuries
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at ELRAC, LLC, 11 Northway Ln. North, LATHAM, NEW YORK 12110
on — Injuries to the brain, spinal cord and severe wounds, internal injuries, affecting the Head, neck, trunk.
Final narrative
An employee was walking through the parking to a vehicle when they slipped on ice and fell on the pavement. The employee sustained fractures to multiple vertebrae in his neck, multiple rib fractures, and a head contusion. The employee was hospitalized.
Hospitalized Head, neck, trunk Other constructed surface
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