Other fall to lower level 6 to 30 feet · Fractures and soft tissue injuries
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at American Family Insurance, American Family Insurance customer home, SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI 63105
on — Fractures and soft tissue injuries, affecting the Trunk and other lower extremities.
Final narrative
An employee was at a customer's home conducting a claim inspection for water damage. She was transferring from the roof to a ladder when she slipped and fell about 10 feet to the ground. The employee sustained fractures to her pelvis and tailbone, and torn muscles in her hip and leg. She was hospitalized and required surgery.
Hospitalized Trunk and other lower extremities Roof surface
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