SPECTRUM BRANDS

Other fall to lower level, unspecified — Fractures — SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at SPECTRUM BRANDS in SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI
Employer SPECTRUM BRANDS Report ID 2022087762
Address 8453 CHAPIN INDUSTRIAL DRIVE City, State ZIP SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI 63114
Event Date August 31, 2022 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures Body Part Upper and lower limb(s)
Event Type Other fall to lower level, unspecified Source of Injury Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
Secondary Source Floor, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 325320 Inspection #
GPS Coordinates 38.69000, -90.34000

Incident Narrative

An employee had been dumping trash into a compactor. While returning to the building, he tripped over a bent piece of plate metal that serves as decking for a platform. He fell to the concrete floor and sustained fractures to the left wrist and right knee, and also sustained a cut above the left eye.

Incident Summary

On August 31, 2022, a worker at SPECTRUM BRANDS in SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI suffered fractures to the upper and lower limb(s). The incident was classified as other fall to lower level, unspecified, with scaffolds-staging, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

OSHA has recorded 5,921 severe injury reports involving "Other fall to lower level, unspecified" incidents in our database. Browse all Other fall to lower level, unspecified injuries.

See all reports for SPECTRUM BRANDS.

Similar Incidents

Other severe injury reports involving Other fall to lower level, unspecified events:

Date Employer Location Nature Outcome
Apr 11, 2023 Delaney Telecom, Inc. EAU CLAIRE, WISCONSIN Intracranial injuries, unspecified Hosp.
May 21, 2020 FENCES UNLIMITED, INC. WINDHAM, NEW HAMPSHIRE Fractures Hosp.
Feb 7, 2019 DOWNRITE ENGINEERING CORP. MEDLEY, FLORIDA Cuts, lacerations Hosp.
Jan 15, 2022 Sentry Crane Services LLC CLEAR LAKE, SOUTH DAKOTA Fractures Hosp.
Feb 17, 2017 Landscapes Unlimited OMAHA, NEBRASKA Intracranial injuries, unspecified Hosp.
Oct 17, 2020 ATT ATLANTA, GEORGIA Fractures Hosp.
Oct 26, 2021 Pro-Se Services - Seca Equipment MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN Fractures Hosp.
Dec 16, 2020 DDDK, LLC GRAFORD, TEXAS Herniated discs Hosp.