Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Harger Utility Contractors, Inc., First Quality Tissue, LOCK HAVEN, PENNSYLVANIA 17745
on , Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments, affecting the lower leg(s).
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Final narrative
An employee was using a vacuum to suction sand out from the bottom of an air filter bed used to filter fiberglass during paper production. The employee stepped down from a plywood plank being used as a temporary work platform; the employee's foot got caught between two dividers in the filter bed, causing the employee to fall. The employee suffered a torn anterior inferior tibiofibular ligament and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
HospitalizedLower leg(s)Special process machinery, unspecified