Other fall to lower level 6 to 30 feet · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Johnston's Port 33, Inc., 328 N. 321st. E. Ave., CATOOSA, OKLAHOMA 74015
on — Fractures , affecting the Upper and lower extremities n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was removing sheet metal from a flat roof. He unhooked his personal fall arrest system (PFAS) to walk to a different location. He stepped on an unsupported end of the sheet metal and the sheet metal folded, causing the employee to fall approximately 15 feet to the cement floor. The employee sustained fractures to his wrist, hip, and femur.
Hospitalized Upper and lower extremities n.e.c. Roof surface
An employee was operating a battery-powered broom to clean demolition debris off the top of the outermost bridge girder. The girder was approximately 11 feet above the demolition scaffold below. The employee fell approximately 8 feet to wind bracing below. The employee was hospitalized with a pelvis/tailbone fracture. Fall protection was in place at the time.
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