Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 21 to 25 feet · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Ad Energy LLC, 43 Bennet Lane, STAFFORD TOWNSHIP, NEW JERSEY 08050
on — Fractures, affecting the heel(s).
Final narrative
An employee was climbing a 32-foot fiberglass extension ladder to get onto a roof. When the employee was a little more than halfway up the ladder, the fiberglass cracked and the ladder failed. The employee fell onto the deck below, resulting in fractures to both heels.
A crew was using a seamer to install roof panels on a new building. As the employee was placing the seamer on a platform at the edge of the roof, the employee stepped onto the platform. The platform and the employee then fell approximately 23 feet to the ground. The employee sustained a lower back injury.
An employee was moving 6x6 wood debris while repairing a roof when the roof caved in and the employee fell 24 feet to the concrete floor below. The employee suffered bruised lungs, a scratch on his right lung, multiple spinal vertebrae fractures, and a fractured left iliac crest. Fall protection was not used at the time of incident.
An employee was inspecting the existing metal roofing system of a commercial property when the roof gave way and he fell approximately 20-25 feet to the floor in the warehouse space below. The employee sustained a head injury, kidney and liver lacerations, and fractures to the orbital bone, right wrist, pelvis, and ribs.
An employee was using a portable ladder to descend into a shaft. Both side rails of the portable ladder snapped, causing the employee to fall approximately 22 feet to the concrete level below. The employee sustained lacerations on their head and multiple fractures to their hip and pelvis.
An employee was working from the ceiling joists while installing ductwork on a single-family residential house under new construction when one of the joists broke apart, causing him to fall approximately 23 feet to the concrete floor below. He fractured both wrists and his left elbow.
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