Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Exterior Inspections, 4643 Sanders Meadow Lane, SUGAR LAND, TEXAS 77479
on — Fractures, affecting the ankle(s).
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Final narrative
Two employees were inspecting a house from an onsite scaffold when a scaffold board broke, causing the employees to fall approximately 7 feet to the ground. One employee suffered a sprained ankle while the second employee fractured their right ankle, requiring surgery and hospitalization.
Two employees were working on a scaffold during an exterior siding inspection. A board broke and the employees fell. One suffered a broken ankle, and the other suffered a sprained ankle and cut to the left hand.
An employee was preparing a tank car for loading while chipping away solidified product in the manway opening of the tank car. A pressure noise within the tank car startled the employee, causing him to stumble backward and fall approximately 10 feet over the guard railing at the chemical loading rack to the ground. The employee suffered fractured vertebrae, a fractured right wrist and ankle, and a dislocated jaw.
An employee was installing an electrical tray remover from a ladder. As he was descending, his missed a step and fell 6-7 feet to the floor. The employee suffered a head injury.
Two employees were installing spray foam insulation in the attic of a new residential construction. The injured employee fell 8 feet from an A-frame ladder to the floor. The employee suffered lacerations, abrasions, and a head injury.
An employee was on a raised platform attaching wires to electrical boxes. The employee fell approximately 8 feet to the floor below and struck an exit sign on the way down, resulting in an injury to his face.
An employee was in a forklift man basket fixing a garage door opener when they fell approximately 8 feet to the concrete ground below. The employee suffered head and back injuries as well as kidney bruising.
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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.
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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.
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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.