SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS—
EnviroGreen LLC
Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at EnviroGreen LLC, 262 Liberty Street, SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS 01104 on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..
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Final narrative
An employee was stepping off a lift and onto a roof. He stepped on a glass panel and fell through the roof a distance of roughly 20 feet. The employee sustained injuries to his back and legs. The employee was wearing fall protection but it was not connected to an anchoring point at the time of the fall.
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