{"id":2348,"date":"2013-11-22T10:00:12","date_gmt":"2013-11-22T16:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/injury.robertkreisman.com\/?p=2348"},"modified":"2013-11-22T07:47:37","modified_gmt":"2013-11-22T13:47:37","slug":"704000-verdict-railroad-mechanic-fell-platform-fracturing-wrist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/704000-verdict-railroad-mechanic-fell-platform-fracturing-wrist\/","title":{"rendered":"$704,000 Verdict for Railroad Mechanic Who Fell From Platform Fracturing Wrist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;--><\/p>\n<p>Paul Junod, 51, a locomotive mechanic, fell from an elevated platform while changing shock absorbers at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.trainweb.org\/icrr\/\">Illinois Central Railroad<\/a>\u2019s Woodcrest shop in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.village.homewood.il.us\/\">Homewood, Ill.<span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/a>Junod suffered multiple fractures of his left wrist with median and radial nerve damage, which required <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Internal_fixation\">open reduction internal fixation<\/a>\u00a0with a plate and screws inserted.<span>\u00a0<\/span>Following the June 26, 2006 incident, Junod also developed post traumatic arthritis, chronic pain and increasing impairment of the hand.\u00a0He will need future surgeries for hardware removal, nerve decompression and a possible wrist fusion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Junod contended that the railroad chose not to provide him with adequate equipment to perform his job, which included a high-torque impact gun with deep well impact sockets, forcing him to use a breaker bar and box wrench to remove nuts from the shock absorbers.<span>\u00a0<\/span>This made the task more difficult and allegedly caused Junod to lose his balance and fall off the platform.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Junod also argued that the platform was not equipped with handrails and a toe-board as required.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/704000-verdict-railroad-mechanic-fell-platform-fracturing-wrist\/#more-2348\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paul Junod, 51, a locomotive mechanic, fell from an elevated platform while changing shock absorbers at the Illinois Central Railroad\u2019s Woodcrest shop in Homewood, Ill.\u00a0 Junod suffered multiple fractures of his left wrist with median and radial nerve damage, which required open reduction internal fixation\u00a0with a plate and screws inserted.\u00a0Following the June 26, 2006 incident, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":795,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6,80,12,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-construction-injuries","category-scaffold-fall-injuries","category-truck-accidents","category-work-injuries"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>$704,000 Verdict for Railroad Mechanic Who Fell From Platform Fracturing Wrist &#8212; 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