Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2016-07-17 | Paxinos | Pennsylvania | H.H. Knoebel Sons, Inc | Wrist(s) | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
An employee was working on a billboard while standing on a step ladder. The ladder kicked out and the employee fell about five feet, then rolled down an embankment about ten feet. He suffered a broken wrist. | |||||
2016-07-05 | Paxinos | Pennsylvania | Aerotek | Wrist(s) | Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet |
An employee was attempting to remove a roof panel at a construction site when he lost his footing and fell 15 feet through an opening in the roof. He broke both wrists and was hospitalized. Fall protection was worn at the time of the incident. |