Jump from collapsing structure or equipment, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Deakin Electric Inc, 14551 fm1062, CANYON, TEXAS 79015
on — Fractures, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was rotating a crane when the crane tipped over. The employee jumped off the crane and fractured a leg upon impact with the ground.
An employee was descending an electric power pole when it broke. As it fell to the ground, the employee jumped off it and landed on a rock, suffering a slipped disk that required surgery.
An employee was taking a photo of a product shelved in an upper part of the warehouse. As she was climbing a warehouse extension ladder, it slid downwards. She jumped from the ladder and hit the floor, breaking both legs.
An employee was operating a concrete drill rig when the fast-acting auger valve was activated, causing the rig to push downward into the earth and tip over. The employee jumped from the tipping drill rig and suffered cracked vertebrae.
An employee was dismantling a one-tier scaffold and put all the boards to one side. It started to fall and as he tried to dismount the scaffold a board caught his foot and fractured the right ankle.
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