Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Habitat for Humanity of Brevard County, Inc., 2883 Campus Circle, MELBOURNE, FLORIDA 32935
on — Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages, affecting the brain.
Final narrative
While two employees were walking and carrying a recliner, the employee who was walking backward tripped over a hand truck, became unstable, and fell, striking his head on the truck's lift gate. He suffered a head laceration that required surgery, as well as brain bleeding.
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An employee was moving a 3-ton condensing unit, strapped down on a dolly, out of a garage. The strap broke, causing the employee to fall backward onto the brick pavered driveway. The employee suffered injury to a spinal ligament in the neck.