LONGVIEW, TEXAS·
Eastman Chemical Company, Texas Operations
Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Eastman Chemical Company, Texas Operations, 300 Kodak Blvd., LONGVIEW, TEXAS 75602 on , Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the neck and back.
Final narrative
An employee was preparing to climb an 8-foot scaffold ladder to install a 6-inch piping blind flange. As the employee climbed to the fourth rung of the ladder, he struck the top of his hardhat on an overhead pipe. The employee fell from the scaffold ladder approximately 4-5 feet before landing on his hip and striking his head on the ground. He sustained spine and neck injuries that required surgery.
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