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Dana Container, Incorporated

Other fall to lower level, unspecified — Fractures — UPTON, MASSACHUSETTS

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Dana Container, Incorporated in UPTON, MASSACHUSETTS
Employer Dana Container, Incorporated Report ID 2017076781
Address 25 Maple Avenue City, State ZIP UPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 01568
Event Date July 20, 2017 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures Body Part Lumbar region
Event Type Other fall to lower level, unspecified Source of Injury Train, locomotive, rail car, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 561910 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 42.17000, -71.60000

Incident Narrative

An employee was descending a rail tank car ladder while carrying a sample dip apparatus when he slipped and fell to the gravel roadway, landing on his back. He broke his L1 vertebra.

Incident Summary

On July 20, 2017, a worker at Dana Container, Incorporated in UPTON, MASSACHUSETTS suffered fractures to the lumbar region. The incident was classified as other fall to lower level, unspecified, with train, locomotive, rail car, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

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