Discount Home Warehouse
Fall to lower level, unspecified - Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified - DALLAS, Texas
| Employer | Discount Home Warehouse |
| Address | 3513 Lindenwood, In the alley behind the house |
| City, State ZIP | DALLAS, Texas 75205 |
| Report ID | 2015021107 |
| Event Date | February 4, 2015 |
| Outcome | Hospitalized |
| Nature of Injury | Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified |
| Body Part | Nonclassifiable |
| Event Type | Fall to lower level, unspecified |
| Source of Injury | Ladders, unspecified |
| Industry (NAICS) | 238910 |
| Inspection # | 1030787 |
| GPS Coordinates | 32.82802, -96.78940 |
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Incident Narrative
An employee was hospitalized from injuries he received when he fell off of a ladder. The employee put an aluminum ladder in the bed of his truck and leaned it against a power line to cut a telephone line. The employee fell on the concrete area below.
Incident Summary
On February 4, 2015, a worker at Discount Home Warehouse in DALLAS, Texas suffered traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified to the nonclassifiable. The incident was classified as fall to lower level, unspecified, with ladders, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.
Context
OSHA has recorded 124 severe injury reports involving "Fall to lower level, unspecified" incidents in our database. Browse all Fall to lower level, unspecified injuries.
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| Oct 18, 2023 | Carpenter Contractors of America Inc | TEQUESTA, Florida | Fractures | Hosp. |
| Jan 26, 2015 | Security Financial, LLC* | GRANDVIEW, Missouri | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Hosp. |
| Jul 25, 2019 | E. F. Erwin, Inc. | PORT LAVACA, Texas | Fractures | Hosp. |
| Jul 1, 2015 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts | Fractures | Hosp. |
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