Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Sonshine Window Washing, 499 Mainstreet, LUMBERTON TOWNSHIP, NEW JERSEY 08048
on — Fractures, affecting the thigh(s).
Final narrative
An employee was power washing an 8-foot high porch roof when he stepped back and fell off the roof. The employee sustained a fractured right femur.
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 had climbed a ladder onto a roof, then set a second ladder on the roof to reach the window he was cleaning. The employee was approximately three to four rungs up the second ladder when he fell to the ground below. He sustained a broken right hip and a broken right little finger, as well as a minor head injury.
An employee was standing 6-8 feet up on a ladder and using an impact gun to prepare to set brackets for the installation of motorized screens. He fell from the ladder to a concrete slab, resulting in fractures to his wrists and ribs and head injuries.
An employee was using a chop saw to cut aluminum when the aluminum kicked back. The employee's thumb contacted the blade, resulting in amputation below the left fingernail.
An employee was installing fence posts when they stepped into a recently dug hole that was not visible due to rainfall. The employee's leg was fractured.
An employee assisted in cleaning material from a conveyor pit. After the pit was cleaned, the employee proceeded to replace metal safety plates to ensure other employees did not fall into the pit. While replacing one of the last plates, the employee mis-stepped and fell approximately 5 feet into the pit. The employee was hospitalized with back/side bruising, elbow bruising, bone bruises, and/or fractured ribs.
An employee was walking on the sidewalk. When they stepped off the curb, they fell to the ground, resulting in fractures to their tibia, fibula, and a metatarsal.