Overhead Door Company of Grand Island
Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet — Fractures and soft tissue injuries — GRAND ISLAND, Nebraska
| Employer | Overhead Door Company of Grand Island |
| Address | 2812 West Old Highway 30 |
| City, State ZIP | GRAND ISLAND, Nebraska 68803 |
| Report ID | 2024054681 |
| Event Date | May 29, 2024 |
| Outcome | Hospitalized |
| Nature of Injury | Fractures and soft tissue injuries |
| Body Part | Ankle(s) |
| Event Type | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| Source of Injury | Portable ladders and stairs unspecified |
| Secondary Source | Other constructed surface |
| Industry (NAICS) | 238290 |
| GPS Coordinates | 40.91363, -98.37240 |
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Incident Narrative
Employees were changing a broken spring on the inside of a storage unit. The injured employee was taking a pipe wrench off the torsion tube when the pipe wrench slipped off the tube, causing the employee to fall backward from the second rung of a 6-foot ladder. They fell to the concrete floor and landed on their right foot, resulting in a dislocation and fracture to the right ankle.
Incident Summary
On May 29, 2024, a worker at Overhead Door Company of Grand Island in GRAND ISLAND, Nebraska suffered fractures and soft tissue injuries to the ankle(s). The incident was classified as other fall to lower level less than 6 feet, with portable ladders and stairs unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.
Context
OSHA has recorded 586 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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