Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at American Builders & Contractors Supply Co., Inc., 8846 Teaberry Dr., SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 78250
on — Fractures, affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was on the roof unloading the asphalt shingle bundles from the conveyor. He stepped backwards and fell from the second-story section of the roof to the one-story section of the roof fracturing his shoulder and ribs.
HospitalizedMultiple body parts, n.e.c.Roofs, unspecified
More severe injuries at American Builders & Contractors Supply Co., Inc.
An employee was moving wet bundles of shingles on a truck bed, when one of the bundles slipped out of his hands. He tripped over a pallet, fell off the bed of the truck, and landed on his left side. The employee sustained fractures to three ribs, and a displaced iliac fracture.
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