Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at BARBIZON CHARLOTTE, INC., 1016 MCCLELLAND COURT, CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA 28206
on — Fractures , affecting the Leg(s) unspecified.
Final narrative
Employee 1 was in the basket of a 30-foot lift, working approximately 25 feet off the ground. Employee 2 was working as ground support and repositioning a hoist that was being used for a lighting fixture. During this move the lift started to tip over. Employee 2 then went to use his bodyweight to keep the lift from falling. The lift fell and struck employee 2's leg causing a fracture. Employee 1 was in the lift basket when it impacted a staircase and he hit his head. He sustained several injuries including a head contusion, a broken pelvic bone, broken ribs, a spinal injury, and a lower extremity injury. Both employees were hospitalized.
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