Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Beacon Roofing, 2250 Reliable Circle, COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO 80906
on — Fractures, affecting the lower leg(s).
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Final narrative
Two employees were loading large rolls of material onto a trailer. One employee was using a forklift. He unloaded one roll of material and it rolled across the bed of the trailer and fell off the other side, bouncing into the other employee's leg and fracturing his right fibula.
Employee was walking in the very center of 10-feet tall racking on plywood and then stepped down to the next level on a piece of plywood that had no center support. It collapsed and he fell 6 feet to the next level.
He was disassembling the racking system just before he fell
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