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Umicore Specialty Materials Recycling, LLC

Other fall to lower level, unspecified — Fractures — WICKLIFFE, OHIO

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Umicore Specialty Materials Recycling, LLC in WICKLIFFE, OHIO
Employer Umicore Specialty Materials Recycling, LLC Report ID 20191011370
Address 28960 Lakeland Blvd. City, State ZIP WICKLIFFE, OHIO 44092
Event Date October 31, 2019 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures Body Part Nonclassifiable
Event Type Other fall to lower level, unspecified Source of Injury Movable ladders, unspecified
Secondary Source Floor, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 331492 Inspection # 1443280
GPS Coordinates 41.60000, -81.48000

Incident Narrative

An employee was climbing a portable ladder and fell to the floor below resulting in two fractured vertebrae.

Incident Summary

On October 31, 2019, a worker at Umicore Specialty Materials Recycling, LLC in WICKLIFFE, OHIO suffered fractures to the nonclassifiable. The incident was classified as other fall to lower level, unspecified, with movable ladders, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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