Jump from collapsing structure or equipment, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at GG&S construction, 1549 E Beltline Rd , RICHARDSON, TEXAS 75081
on — Fractures, affecting the ankle(s).
Final narrative
An employee was dismantling a one-tier scaffold and put all the boards to one side. It started to fall and as he tried to dismount the scaffold a board caught his foot and fractured the right ankle.
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