Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Advance Design & Construction, 15002 A Circle, OMAHA, NEBRASKA 68144
on — Fractures, affecting the neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
Final narrative
An employee was installing oriented strand board (OSB) along the outer edge of a platform. He left to replace the battery in his cordless saw. When he returned, he stepped onto a piece of OSB and fell approximately 5 feet onto an exposed stair stringer. The employee was hospitalized with two fractured vertebrae in the neck.
HospitalizedNeck, except internal location of diseases or disordersPlywood, wood paneling; particle, chip, flake board
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