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 Emerald Masonry Corp., 1950 Eisenhower Blvd, FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA 33316
on — Fractures , affecting the Multiple upper extremities locations n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was descending a scaffold when they fell approximately 6 feet to the ground. The employee sustained a right shoulder and hand fracture.
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.
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.
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