Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 26 to 30 feet · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Fenimore-Blythe Commercial Masonry, LLC, 3135 Vince Hagan Dr., IRVING, TEXAS 75062
on — Fractures, affecting the upper and lower limb(s).
Final narrative
An employee was laying bricks from the working platform of a scaffold. Boards gave way and the employee fell 25-30 feet to a dirt floor. The employee suffered a broken heel and a hairline fracture of the hand.
HospitalizedUpper and lower limb(s)Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
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