Fall through surface or existing opening, unspecified · Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at TranSystems Corporation Consultants, 1500 Port Blvd, MIAMI, FLORIDA 33132
on — Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified, affecting the nonclassifiable.
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Final narrative
While inspecting a roof for possible replacement, an employee fell through the roof.
An employee was power washing a metal tank from an elevated platform. They fell through a gap between the platform and the tank. The employee landed on the ground and sustained fractures to their ankles and feet.
An employee was installing a metal roof when he stepped on a skylight. The employee fell through the skylight to the ground, resulting in head and shoulder fractures.
An employee was replacing an HVAC unit in a residential home. While he was in the attic space above the garage, the wood he was walking on broke, causing the employee to fall through the sheetrock to the concrete floor below. The employee bumped his head and sustained a shoulder injury as well as a broken ankle.
An employee was putting a tarp on a water tank while standing on a trailer. She lost her footing and fell through the trailer bed, striking the corner of the trailer bed. The employee sustained internal bleeding.
An employee was repairing a sub-floor in a residential house that had water and fire damage. The employee fell through the sub-floor and landed in the basement, resulting in spinal fractures that required hospitalization.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 541350)
An employee was assigned to assess and evaluate suspected wind and hail damage to the roof of a residential home. The employee was climbing a portable articulated ladder using both hands when the base of the ladder slipped out on the dormer platform. The employee and the ladder slid off the platform, continued sliding off the lower roof, and fell to the ground. The employee sustained two fractures to their left arm and six fractures to the left side of their ribs.
An employee was walking on formwork conducting a threshold inspection when their foot became caught in rebar. They tripped and fell two feet to the ground, resulting in a fractured tibia and fibula.
An employee was inspecting the connection from a stick-built garage to a manufactured building. The employee fell off the walk board to the ground below and sustained a compression fracture to the L3 vertebra and a fractured right ankle.
An employee was helping a coworker transport a tall palm tree with a mini skid steer. The employee was severely shocked by a high-voltage electrical wire above the ground.
An employee was retrieving a Christmas tree from a shelf using a ladder. He missed a step and fell to the concrete floor. He sustained injury to his head and wrist.
An employee was operating an agricultural tractor during sugarcane harvesting. The employee sustained a lumbar sprain due to vibration or motion from the tractor.
An employee was moving a 3-ton condensing unit, strapped down on a dolly, out of a garage. The strap broke, causing the employee to fall backward onto the brick pavered driveway. The employee suffered injury to a spinal ligament in the neck.