BELVIDERE, ILLINOIS—
CCA Midwest, Inc.
Other fall to lower level 6 to 30 feet · Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages without skull fracture
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at CCA Midwest, Inc., 2340 Newburg Rd., BELVIDERE, ILLINOIS 61008 on — Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages without skull fracture , affecting the Brain.
Final narrative
An employee was rigging prefabricated residential home deck panels on a trailer. He stepped backward and fell 9 feet off the trailer to the asphalt road. The employee sustained a blood clot on the brain and fractured ribs.
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BELVIDERE, ILLINOIS—
CCA Midwest, Inc.
An employee was standing on trusses while installing shaftwall and metal channel. He slipped from the bottom chords of the 2x6 trusses and fell approximately 1 foot. A metal C-channel caused a severe laceration to his wrist and ulnar artery.
PLAINFIELD, ILLINOIS—
CCA Midwest, Inc.
A carpenter was standing up prefabricated interior walls in a residential house under construction. A free-standing wall panel tipped over and knocked him down, landing on his right leg. The employee sustained a fractured lower right leg.
MUNDELEIN, ILLINOIS—
CCA MIDWEST, INC.
A carpenter was installing plywood while on an 8-foot ladder. He was stepping down when he fell from the ladder and impacted a concrete stake on the ground. The employee sustained fractured ribs and a collapsed lung.
BELVIDERE, ILLINOIS—
CCA MIDWEST, INC.
An employee was carrying a pressure-treated 2x6 board while plating a foundation. The employee put the board on an anchor bolt when a 3-inch sliver of wood got caught in his hand, resulting in a punctured tendon.
MONTGOMERY, ILLINOIS—
CCA Midwest, Inc.
An employee was descending an extension ladder after installing tape on house wrap around a second-floor window. He fell off the ladder and landed on the ground about 10 feet below, landing on dirt and gravel and suffering a fractured lower-back vertebra.
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