LITTLETON, COLORADO—
Zamora Construction Inc.
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Zamora Construction Inc., 8125 Monte Vista Circle, LITTLETON, COLORADO 80125 on — Fractures, affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was on a wooden platform hoisted approximately 9 feet by a rough terrain telehandler forklift performing framing work on a gable at the back of the house. The employee was pinned between the gable and the forklift when the forklift moved. The employee sustained several broken vertebrae, a broken shoulder and broken ribs.
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