Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at COG Marketers Ltd., 106 E. 19th St., GOODLAND, KANSAS 67735
on — Fractures , affecting the Multiple exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the chest.
Final narrative
An employee was unloading railcars when he tripped over a hard line pipe and fell to the ground, landing on his chest. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to multiple ribs and a fractured sternum.
Hospitalized Multiple exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the chest Ground, travel, and support surfaces unspecified
Mining operation
This is a mining-sector employer (NAICS 212393). For MSHA mine-safety and violation records for this operator, see miningincidents.org →
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