Fall to lower level resulting in exposure or contact 6 to 30 feet · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Arctic Air Home Services, 2216 7th St. W, PALMETTO, FLORIDA 34221
on — Fractures , affecting the Multiple trunk locations.
Final narrative
An employee was descending an aluminum extension ladder with tools when he tripped and fell approximately eight feet to the ground, landing on rocks and a garden bed. He fractured two ribs and one vertebra.
An employee was cutting a 2-by-4 with a handheld, battery-powered circular saw. The saw became bound and jerked, then cut his fingertip. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
An employee was climbing a fixed ladder when they fell approximately 6 feet from the ladder to the concrete ground and struck their back on a mop bucket. They sustained injuries to their back and neck.
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An employee was retrieving a Christmas tree from a shelf using a ladder. He missed a step and fell to the concrete floor. He sustained injury to his head and wrist.
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