Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at GO-TILT CONSTRUCTION, LLC , 723 Lincoln Lane, MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA 33141
on — Fractures, affecting the back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was coming down from a shoring scaffold that he was erecting when he lost his footing and fell 10.5 feet to the ground. He was hospitalized with a fractured back.
HospitalizedBack, including spine, spinal cord, unspecifiedScaffolds-self-supporting staging
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