Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2016-05-10 | Gouverneur | New York | National Grid | Lumbar region | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
On 5/10/16, at approximately 0900 hours, an employee was climbing a ladder that was set up on a meter pole when the pole began to crack. The employee began descending the ladder and the pole broke. The employee fell approximately 15 feet from the ladder to a stone/grassy surface, shattering the L2 vertebra and requiring hospitalization. |