Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet · Skull fracture and intracranial injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Noah W. Kreider and Sons, LLP, 525 Indian Village Road, MANHEIM, PENNSYLVANIA 17545
on — Skull fracture and intracranial injury, affecting the brain.
Final narrative
An employee was shoveling snow from a low-slope roof when he fell through a skylight approximately 15 feet to the floor below. He was hospitalized with a severe concussion, head laceration, fractured skull, broken ribs, broken pelvic bone, broken left femur, and broken left eye socket.
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