Fall from collapsing structure or equipment more than 30 feet · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Perry & Perry Builders, Inc., 215 E Cameron Avenue, ROCKDALE, TEXAS 76567
on — Fractures, affecting the chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
Final narrative
An employee was installing a beam when the other beam he was using as an anchor point for his fall arrest system failed. The employee fell 45 feet to the ground, resulting in broken ribs.
HospitalizedChest, except internal location of diseases or disordersGirders, beams, structural steel
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