Fall to lower level resulting from exposure or contact less than 6 feet · Fractures and soft tissue injuries
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Cutco Corp., 1116 East State Street, OLEAN, NEW YORK 14760
on — Fractures and soft tissue injuries, affecting the Trunk and other upper extremities.
Final narrative
Employees were upgrading lighting fixtures in the accounting offices. The injured employee was on a ladder working on a ceiling light fixture. He came into contact with the metal grating surrounding the fixture and sustained an electrical shock that caused him to lose balance and fall approximately 3 to 4 feet to the floor. The injured employee sustained a fractured pelvis and a torn rotator cuff.
Hospitalized Trunk and other upper extremities Portable ladders and stairs unspecified
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