Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 21 to 25 feet · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Frito-Lay Sales. Inc. , 3843 Ironbridge Blvd , FORT MYERS, FLORIDA 33916
on — Fractures, affecting the face, unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was being lifted in a powered industrial truck cage to conduct inventory. The cage fell to the ground when it reached the third tier of the racking system, which was about 25 feet high. The employee hit the ground, sustaining facial fractures and bruised ribs and lungs.
An employee was cleaning out the rear of the company van and when he closed the rear door, his right thumb was caught in the gap between the hinges. The tip of the thumb was partially amputated.
A crew was using a seamer to install roof panels on a new building. As the employee was placing the seamer on a platform at the edge of the roof, the employee stepped onto the platform. The platform and the employee then fell approximately 23 feet to the ground. The employee sustained a lower back injury.
An employee was moving 6x6 wood debris while repairing a roof when the roof caved in and the employee fell 24 feet to the concrete floor below. The employee suffered bruised lungs, a scratch on his right lung, multiple spinal vertebrae fractures, and a fractured left iliac crest. Fall protection was not used at the time of incident.
An employee was climbing a 32-foot fiberglass extension ladder to get onto a roof. When the employee was a little more than halfway up the ladder, the fiberglass cracked and the ladder failed. The employee fell onto the deck below, resulting in fractures to both heels.
An employee was inspecting the existing metal roofing system of a commercial property when the roof gave way and he fell approximately 20-25 feet to the floor in the warehouse space below. The employee sustained a head injury, kidney and liver lacerations, and fractures to the orbital bone, right wrist, pelvis, and ribs.
An employee was using a portable ladder to descend into a shaft. Both side rails of the portable ladder snapped, causing the employee to fall approximately 22 feet to the concrete level below. The employee sustained lacerations on their head and multiple fractures to their hip and pelvis.
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