CTC Frame & Finish Carpentry, Inc.
2025-08-05 · NAPLES, FLORIDA
Final narrative
An employee was standing on a scaffold approximately 7 feet high and passing plywood sheets to another employee on a single-story roof. The employee fell backward off the scaffold to the ground below and the sheet of plywood fell on him, resulting in fractures to the left side of his jaw and three ribs.
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