Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Verizon New Jersey Inc., 162 Hillside Ave., BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NEW JERSEY 07922
on — Fractures , affecting the Wrist(s) and elbow(s).
Final narrative
An employee was working on a ladder that was placed on a paved driveway at the side of a house. The ladder slipped out from under him and he fell to the ground, sustaining fractures to his right elbow and left wrist.
Hospitalized Wrist(s) and elbow(s) Portable ladders and stairs unspecified
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