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Engineered Cooling Services

Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet — Fractures — DELAND, FLORIDA

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Engineered Cooling Services in DELAND, FLORIDA
Employer Engineered Cooling Services Report ID 2017076512
Address Pall Corporation Fluid Dynamic Division, 1750 Filter Rd City, State ZIP DELAND, FLORIDA 32724
Event Date July 14, 2017 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures Body Part Lower leg(s)
Event Type Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet Source of Injury Ladders-fixed
Industry (NAICS) 238220 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 29.06000, -81.29000

Incident Narrative

An employee was climbing down a fixed metal ladder when he slipped and fell about 8 feet to a concrete mezzanine, breaking his tibia and injuring his shoulder ligament. He was hospitalized.

Incident Summary

On July 14, 2017, a worker at Engineered Cooling Services in DELAND, FLORIDA suffered fractures to the lower leg(s). The incident was classified as other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet, with ladders-fixed identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

OSHA has recorded 1,714 severe injury reports involving "Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet" incidents in our database. Browse all Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet injuries.

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