Other fall to lower level 6 to 30 feet · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Calumet River Fleeting, Inc., 3025 E. 104th Street, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60617
on — Fractures , affecting the Ankle(s).
Final narrative
An employee fell about 12-15 feet from a drydock barge and suffered two fractured ankles and was hospitalized.
Hospitalized Ankle(s) Water vehicle n.e.c.
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