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Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

Schell Brothers LLC.

Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet · Fractures

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Schell Brothers LLC., Senators, LEWES, DELAWARE 19958 on — Fractures, affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..

An employee was setting trusses on the second floor. A truss shifted causing the employee to lose balance and fall approximately 25 feet to the floor. The employee was hospitalized with a broken arm and head, nose and left hand injuries.

Hospitalized Multiple body parts, n.e.c. Roof trusses, joists

Schell Brothers LLC

An employee used a collapsible ladder to access a roof. After setting up the ladder and checking it for stability, he began to climb up the ladder. He reached the roofline and began transitioning to the roof when the ladder began sliding underneath his feet. He began sliding with the ladder, and his legs went between the ladder's rungs. He then fell backwards, landing on his back on top of the ladder and fracturing his T-12 vertebra.

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An employee was setting up the worksite for the day. While moving an extension cord, he fell backward off the roof of the two-story building and sustained a broken pelvis.

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An employee was going up in a lift to begin trimming trees with a chainsaw. He was approximately 20-25 feet in the air when the latch to the bucket got caught and detached. The bucket then tipped causing the employee to fall to the ground. He sustained fractures to his right elbow, right wrist, and left femur.

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An employee was working in a trench that was 3.5 feet deep when soil fell and hit them, resulting in an injury to their pelvis. The employee was hospitalized.

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A flagger was directing traffic flow in a highway work zone. They were standing approximately 1.5 feet behind the shoulder's demarcating line, next to and slightly behind a traffic drum. As they were directing traffic into and out of the driveway of a parking lot, a car attempted to get around a truck and struck the traffic drum, which subsequently struck the employee, who was thrown 15 feet and landed on top of concrete aggregate. The employee suffered pelvic and rib fractures, T10 and L3 vertebra fractures, and internal bleeding.

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An employee was troubleshooting a power washer in the field. Because there might have been water in its fuel, he brought it back to the shop and drained about a gallon of fuel from the tank into a plastic container. Some of the fuel spilled onto the floor and ignited. The employee was stomping out the fire when he lost his balance and tripped into a stool, which caused the plastic container to spill more fuel onto the fire. The employee's pants and shirt caught on fire, and he fell, abrading his knee while trying to get through the flames. As well as the knee abrasion, he suffered burns to the left leg and left lower quadrant of the torso. He was hospitalized.

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