Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Stonemor Partners , 6605 New Hope Road, BLUEFIELD, WEST VIRGINIA 24701
on — Fractures, affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..
Final narrative
On April 23, 2016, at approximately 9:30 a.m., a maintenance employee was on a scissor lift with a coworker, preparing for an entombment. Working from the lift, the two employees removed the granite face from the mausoleum. As the granite was being lowered to the lift, the maintenance employee fell 12 feet from the lift and landed on the concrete surface below. The employee was hospitalized for fractures to the face, both wrists, and jaw.
HospitalizedMultiple body parts, n.e.c.Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
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