Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Alliance Christian Academy, 13105 Harmon Road, FORT WORTH, TEXAS 76177
on — Fractures , affecting the Head and extremities.
Final narrative
An employee was on a ladder that was leaning against a wall inside a multipurpose room. He was running wiring through the walls to install sound equipment. When he reached up to pull a wire, the ladder slid down the wall to the floor. The employee fell on top of the ladder and struck the floor, fracturing multiple bones in his face and his left hip.
Hospitalized Head and extremities Portable ladders and stairs unspecified
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