Other fall to lower level, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Z Property VI, LLC, 19 Hospital Street, CHRISTIANSTED, VIRGIN ISLANDS 00820
on — Fractures, affecting the face, unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was setting up for a door installation on a three-story building. The employee was moving an aluminum track frame from one condo to the condo next door by using the balcony when they misstepped and fell between balconies. The employee landed on the dirt below and suffered facial fractures.
An employee was on an A-frame ladder retrieving materials from a shelf. He slipped and fell and his leg got caught in the ladder rungs, breaking his left tibia.
An employee was unloading materials from a flatbed trailer when they fell from the trailer and landed on the ground. The employee sustained a fractured left leg.
An employee was unloading appliances at a customer location for delivery. The employee was moving a water heater to be placed on the liftgate when he stepped backward and fell to the ground. The employee sustained rib and back injuries.
An employee was on an extension ladder descending from a roof when the ladder collapsed and lowered. The employee fell approximately 20 feet to the ground, resulting in fractures to their ribs and left wrist.
The injured employee was acting as a spotter for another employee that was using a forklift to move crane plates. The injured employee went to walk on top of staged bracing poles that had been stacked. The top layer of bracing shifted when stepped on, causing the employee to lose balance and fall. During the fall, one of the bracing poles dislodged and landed on the employee s left leg, causing a compound fracture.
An employee was working to remove an existing window from a customer's home. The employee was descending an extension ladder when they fell backward onto a concrete patio. The employee sustained head trauma and fractures to their shoulder, ribs, and a vertebra.
An employee was painting the exterior of a house when they fell approximately 12 feet from a ladder. They landed on the ground and sustained a fractured right ankle.
An employee climbed a ladder onto a roof, then stepped from new roof sheathing onto a tarped section of old roof, and fell to the ground. The employee suffered fractures to their pelvis, vertebrae, and the left wrist. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was replacing a fuel pump on a pickup truck using a transmission jack to lower the fuel tank from the vehicle. When he removed and lowered the tank, the tank caught fire, resulting in burns to his hands, arms, and legs.
An employee was removing concrete forms from a current pour when a form fell from the wall. An intact pin hooked the employee's safety vest and pulled them from the scaffold to the ground, resulting in a bruised chest (lungs).
An employee was driving a cement mixer. It flipped while turning a corner, and the cabin was flattened. The employee was pinned in the cabin and suffered a broken right hand, three broken ribs, and head lacerations.
An employee had attached a crane sling to an 8-inch pipe, and the crane was holding the pipe with minimal tension while bolts were removed from its lower flange. The pipe came loose and knocked the employee off the trailer to the ground 6 feet below. The back of the employee's head struck the trailer after the fall, causing a head injury.
An employee was operating a bottle blow molding machine when he dropped his cell phone through the front opening of the machine. He activated the machine to move forward and attempted to retrieve his cell phone. While bending over, he touched the stop button, which caused the machine to reverse into the home position. The employee then became pinned when the panel moved into the home position, injuring his left arm and upper torso on the left side.