Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet · Fractures and dislocations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Total Industrial Plant Services, 15602 San Jacinto Port Blvd., HOUSTON, TEXAS 77015
on — Fractures and dislocations, affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..
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Final narrative
An employee, in the process of dismantling a scaffold, climbed the scaffold ladder to approximately 25 feet and stepped off onto a pipe header. Once on the pipe header, the employee slipped off and fell 25 feet to the ground below where he suffered a right arm compound fracture, a right elbow dislocation, and a fractured pelvis. A yo-yo tie off was available that the employee was not using. The incident occurred at the 100 rack at the enterprise construction site.
HospitalizedMultiple body parts, n.e.c.Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
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