Simplex Industries, Inc.

Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet - Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury - SCRANTON, Pennsylvania

HOSPITALIZED, Worker hospitalized after incident at Simplex Industries, Inc. in SCRANTON, Pennsylvania
Employer Simplex Industries, Inc.
Address 1 Simplex Drive
City, State ZIP SCRANTON, Pennsylvania 18504
Report ID 2017065502
Event Date June 15, 2017
Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
Body Part Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
Event Type Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
Source of Injury Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 321992
GPS Coordinates 41.42739, -75.69017

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Incident Narrative

An employee was standing on a scaffold plank along the side of a modular home when the employee fell nearly 7 feet to the ground, suffering a back injury and requiring hospitalization.

Incident Summary

On June 15, 2017, a worker at Simplex Industries, Inc. in SCRANTON, Pennsylvania suffered soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury to the back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified. The incident was classified as other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet, with scaffolds-staging, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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