Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Kohler Awning Inc, 2600 Walden Avenue, BUFFALO, NEW YORK 14225
on — Fractures , affecting the Leg(s) unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was climbing a 28-foot ladder. He fell from the ladder to the ground and suffered a broken leg.
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.
An employee slipped while descending in a stairwell, fell, and suffered multiple contusions/bruises to the head, neck, shoulders, knees, and back. She was hospitalized.
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