Fall to lower level resulting from exposure or contact 6 to 30 feet · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Peterson Regional Medical Center, 551 Hill Country Dr., KERRVILLE, TEXAS 78028
on , Fractures, affecting the back lumbar region.
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Final narrative
An employee was on a 12-foot ladder assessing a faulty outlet on a light pole. The 220-volt outlet was loose and it touched his lower arm. The employee was shocked and thrown backward from the ladder, landing on his back 8 feet away. The employee was hospitalized with a compression fracture to their L1 vertebra with spinal canal stenosis.
HospitalizedBack lumbar regionPortable ladders and stairs unspecified
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