LONE TREE, COLORADO—
Quest Masonry, Inc.
Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Quest Masonry, Inc., 9980 Trainstation Circle, LONE TREE, COLORADO 80124 on — Fractures, affecting the arm(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
Two employees were installing mesh wire from the fifth level of a scaffold. The planks tilted to one side of the scaffold and the employees fell 40 feet. They were hospitalized with a broken left arm and broken ribs.
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