WAUSAU, WISCONSIN—
Robert Ross Construction LLC
Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet · Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Robert Ross Construction LLC, 1008 Mcindoe Street, WAUSAU, WISCONSIN 54403 on — Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c., affecting the head, neck, and trunk.
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Final narrative
An employee cut a piece of exterior siding and climbed a stepladder onto the scaffold platform to install the siding. The employee fell 8 feet from the scaffold onto the ground and sustained fractured ribs, two cervical fractures, and a brain bleed.
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