Other jump to lower level 21 to 25 feet · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Vigen Construction, Inc., 5065 24th Street NE, HAMBERG, NORTH DAKOTA 58341
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the hip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was working on slip forms from a suspended scaffold. The employee jumped from the suspended scaffold to the ground about 25 feet below. The employee's right hip was injured.
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