NEW PORT RICHEY, FLORIDA—
Leware Construction Company of Florida, Inc
Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 16 to 20 feet · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Leware Construction Company of Florida, Inc, Cross roads area of Ridge Road Extension and Decubellis, NEW PORT RICHEY, FLORIDA 34654 on — Fractures, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
Three employees were working on a bridge while in a mobile working platform. The platform fell, and the employees fell with it to the ground about 16 feet below. One of them suffered a broken leg and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
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An employee was assisting with replacing a cable on a boom hoist. He was working near a bridle, to assist the cable through the horizontal sheaves, when his gloved left little finger was caught between the cable and a vertical sheave, resulting in amputation.
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Two employees were doing bridge work. While removing rigging from a trestle cap, the trestle cap fell over and struck both employees. Employee 1 sustained fractured ribs and lacerations; employee 2 sustained a laceration.
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