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Kitchen Pride Mushroom Farms

Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury — GONZALES, TEXAS

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Kitchen Pride Mushroom Farms in GONZALES, TEXAS
Employer Kitchen Pride Mushroom Farms Report ID 2018054276
Address 1034 CR 348 City, State ZIP GONZALES, TEXAS 78629
Event Date May 2, 2018 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury Body Part Multiple trunk locations
Event Type Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet Source of Injury Step ladders
Industry (NAICS) 111411 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 29.48000, -97.38000

Incident Narrative

An employee was standing on a 4-foot step ladder scraping the side of a tank to prepare for painting when he fell off the ladder to the ground, injuring his ribs and back.

Incident Summary

On May 2, 2018, a worker at Kitchen Pride Mushroom Farms in GONZALES, TEXAS suffered soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury to the multiple trunk locations. The incident was classified as other fall to lower level less than 6 feet, with step ladders identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

OSHA has recorded 3,310 severe injury reports involving "Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet" incidents in our database. Browse all Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet injuries.

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