Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Otis Worldwide Corporation, 30 Twosome Drive, MOORESTOWN, NEW JERSEY 08057
on — Fractures , affecting the Upper and lower extremities n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was standing on the edge of the dumpster while pulling out cribbage. The employee fell to the ground, sustaining a fractured elbow and hip. The employee was hospitalized.
Hospitalized Upper and lower extremities n.e.c. Tanks, bins, vats except confined space
An employee was retrieving a Christmas tree from a shelf using a ladder. He missed a step and fell to the concrete floor. He sustained injury to his head and wrist.
An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.
An employee fell from a step ladder while reaching for a tie-off point. He impacted the ground, and landed on his bolt bag which contained tools. The employee was hospitalized with fractured ribs, and a lacerated spleen and kidney.
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