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Panhandle Harvesting Services, LLC

Entangled in other object or equipment — Fractures — CLAUDE, TEXAS

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Panhandle Harvesting Services, LLC in CLAUDE, TEXAS
Employer Panhandle Harvesting Services, LLC Report ID 20181112233
Address Cotton field 2 miles South of intersection, Claude Highway and Masterson Road City, State ZIP CLAUDE, TEXAS 79019
Event Date November 29, 2018 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures Body Part Lower leg(s)
Event Type Entangled in other object or equipment Source of Injury Ladders, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 115113 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 35.10000, -101.64000

Incident Narrative

An employee was going up a ladder near the top of a module builder when he stepped off the ladder and went to open the door of the module builder cab. He reached to open the cab door and lost his balance, falling to his right. He grabbed at the ladder but missed, and his right leg went through the ladder and snapped, breaking both bones in his lower leg. He was hospitalized.

Incident Summary

On November 29, 2018, a worker at Panhandle Harvesting Services, LLC in CLAUDE, TEXAS suffered fractures to the lower leg(s). The incident was classified as entangled in other object or equipment, with ladders, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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