Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Travis Roofing Supply of Austin, LLC, 225 Norcia Loop, LIBERTY HILL, TEXAS 78642
on — Fractures, affecting the multiple trunk locations.
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Final narrative
On November 7, 2017, at approximately 7:20 AM, an employee fell 30 to 40 feet from a second story roof, breaking his back and sternum.
An employee was performing an inspection of the seed warehouse when they fell 30 feet from a catwalk to the ground. The employee sustained facial injuries and a compound fracture to the left femur.
An employee was on a cherry picker approximately 30 feet high, selecting boxes of merchandise from warehouse racking to place onto a pallet. The employee fell and sustained neck and back injuries.
On November 6, 2023, an employee was installing roofing materials on a multi-residential construction site 35 feet above ground level. The anchor on the employee's personal fall arrest system became unattached and the employee fell to the ground. They sustained multiple fractures.
On October 12, 2023, an employee was stacking insulation on a roof when they fell 35 feet through a skylight to the concrete floor below. The employee sustained an ankle and pelvis fracture.
On the fifth or sixth floor deck, an employee was supervising iron workers who were measuring to place rebar. The employee was struck by a wooden tool box that was being lifted by a tower crane. The employee then struck a wooden fence and fell approximately 50 feet to the ground. The employee sustained fractures to both legs and lacerations.
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Employees were at the trucks to leave for lunch. The injured employee was putting the cone back after the crew leader pulled the truck forward from the designated worker parking area. The injured employee then ran back to the truck. As he went to get in the truck, he said the upper thigh area of his leg was hurting. He laid on the ground outside the truck and crew leader could see a bump/bulge in the the injured employee's upper thigh area below his hip. The employee sustained a fractured femur and required surgery.
An employee was helping a contractor unload a delivery of two new dock plates from a trailer onto a forklift. The employee s left index and middle fingers were pinched by the dock plates, resulting in amputations to both fingers above the first joint.
An employee was helping to load a customer's truck. The employee stepped toward a forklift to get paperwork from the driver. The employee's right lower leg and foot were run over by the back tire of the forklift. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to his lower right leg.
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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