Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet · Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Diversified Interiors of Amarillo, LTD, 8th & Tyler, AMARILLO, TEXAS 79108
on — Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified, affecting the nonclassifiable.
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Final narrative
An employee was preparing to frame up a wall on the second floor and fell approximately 16 feet through a 5' x 5' opening in the floor. The employee struck the wood guardrail on the first floor. The employee sustained facial fractures, fractured ribs, a fractured hip, bleeding on the brain and a spleen injury. The employee was hospitalized.
HospitalizedNonclassifiableExisting floor opening
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