Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet · Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Florida's Frame Pro Carpentry, Inc., New Florida Healthcare Center, ORANGE CITY, FLORIDA 32763
on — Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk, affecting the abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
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Final narrative
An employee was installing roof trusses on a new building. While standing on a masonry concrete wall, he fell 12 feet to the ground, injuring his spleen, ribs, and right leg. He was hospitalized.
HospitalizedAbdomen, except internal location of diseases or disordersWalls
More severe injuries at Florida's Frame Pro Carpentry, Inc.
On January 31, 2018, at 11:30 a.m., an employee was struck on the left wrist and the left side of his torso by the end of a truss that broke in half as it was suspended from a crane. He suffered a bone bruise to the left hand, torn left rotator cuff, three broken ribs, and a hematoma of the left lung, requiring hospitalization.
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An employee was setting a 5-foot pry bar into a precast concrete slab and stood on the end of the pry bar to move the slab into place. The pry bar slipped out causing the employee to fall backward 15.5 feet to the dirt ground. The employee was hospitalized with a broken leg.
An employee was on a step ladder to measure and mark a crane rail for modification. The employee fell approximately 12 to 15 feet to the ground, resulting in a fractured right hip.
An employee was on a trailer securing a load of logs when they fell approximately 9-12 feet to the ground. The employee sustained brain hemorrhaging and lacerations to the thigh and above the eye. The employee was hospitalized.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 238130)
The injured employee was assisting five other employees with bracing a wall panel that was being stood up. Another employee slipped on frost on the floor surface. The employees went to evacuate the area in anticipation of the wall panel falling over. The injured employee went to jump through a window opening within the wall panel and their lower half was crushed by the falling wall panel. The employee sustained a fractured pelvis.
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