Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at EFI Global, 5801 Ward Parkway, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI 64110
on — Fractures , affecting the Trunk and other upper extremities.
Final narrative
An employee was assigned to assess and evaluate suspected wind and hail damage to the roof of a residential home. The employee was climbing a portable articulated ladder using both hands when the base of the ladder slipped out on the dormer platform. The employee and the ladder slid off the platform, continued sliding off the lower roof, and fell to the ground. The employee sustained two fractures to their left arm and six fractures to the left side of their ribs.
Hospitalized Trunk and other upper extremities Multipurpose ladders
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