Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-04-02 | Crescent City | Illinois | United Prairie, L.L.C. | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Other fall to lower level |
On April 2, 2020, at approximately 2:45 PM, an employee was climbing up a portable ladder to inspect a flood gauge on a tank when he slipped and fell to the concrete floor. He was hospitalized with a compression fracture on his back. | |||||
2019-02-22 | Crescent City | Florida | Reiter Roofing, Inc. | Wrist(s) | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
A roofer fell off a roof to the ground 20 feet below, suffering broken wrists and a puncture injury to the head. He was hospitalized. Fall protection was not being worn at the time of the incident. |