Other fall to lower level, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Pilot Catastrophe Services, Inc., 104 VZ CR 3732 , WILLS POINT, TEXAS 75169
on — Fractures, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee had just inspected hail damage on a one-story roof and was coming down a ladder to inspect a gutter. The employee fell from the ladder and broke both legs.
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An employee was unloading materials from a flatbed trailer when they fell from the trailer and landed on the ground. The employee sustained a fractured left leg.
An employee was unloading appliances at a customer location for delivery. The employee was moving a water heater to be placed on the liftgate when he stepped backward and fell to the ground. The employee sustained rib and back injuries.
An employee was conducting a roof inspection for an insurance claim. He set up a ladder up on a deck and was climbing from the ladder to the roof when the ladder slipped causing the employee to fall to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured wrist and ankle and required surgery.
An employee was using a 16-foot ladder to descend from a second-story roof to a porch roof after completing an inspection. As the employee stepped back onto the ladder, they fell, landing on the porch roof. The employee then rolled off the porch roof and landed on their feet on the ground. They were hospitalized.
An employee was climbing from a ladder onto a residential roof to inspect it when he slipped off the roof and fell to the ground below. The employee's spine was broken.
An employee fell from a two-story roof to the ground while conducting an insurance inspection, suffering injuries to the head, neck, back, and left leg and a brain bleed.
After cutting a slab of beef short ribs, an employee turned to grab the pieces he had cut and his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to his right index finger.
An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.
An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.