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Shumaker Industries, Inc.

Fall from collapsing structure or equipment, unspecified — Fractures — NORTHUMBERLAND, PENNSYLVANIA

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Shumaker Industries, Inc. in NORTHUMBERLAND, PENNSYLVANIA
Employer Shumaker Industries, Inc. Report ID 20171111158
Address 924 Water Street City, State ZIP NORTHUMBERLAND, PENNSYLVANIA 17857
Event Date November 21, 2017 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures Body Part Lower extremities, unspecified
Event Type Fall from collapsing structure or equipment, unspecified Source of Injury Ladders, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 332999 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 40.89000, -76.78000

Incident Narrative

An employee was loading a tractor trailer from a ladder when the ladder buckled. The employee then fell to the macadam, fracturing bones in the right leg and/or ankle and requiring hospitalization.

Incident Summary

On November 21, 2017, a worker at Shumaker Industries, Inc. in NORTHUMBERLAND, PENNSYLVANIA suffered fractures to the lower extremities, unspecified. The incident was classified as fall from collapsing structure or equipment, unspecified, with ladders, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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