CENTER VALLEY, PENNSYLVANIA—
Orlando Diefenderfer Electrical Contractors
Other fall to lower level, unspecified · Fractures
Final narrative
An employee was on the sixth rung of a 8-foot A-frame ladder installing a tech screw into drywall using a battery operated screw gun. The screw wobbled and fell over causing the employee to lose his grip on the screw gun. While trying to catch the screw gun, he lost his balance and fell off the ladder. The employee sustained a skull fracture, a laceration to the back of the head that required staples, and a sprained left wrist. The employee was hospitalized.
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