Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Timber Wolf Excavating, LLC, 111 S Elgin Ave., TULSA, OKLAHOMA 74120
on — Fractures, affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was standing on a 13-foot-high plank while installing shoring for building an apartment complex. The employee was tied off to the plank that he was removing. The plank dropped to the ground, pulling the employee down 13 feet. He sustained fractures to his upper leg, pelvis, and three right-side ribs as well as a sore right shoulder.
HospitalizedMultiple body parts, n.e.c.Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
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