ARVADA, COLORADO—
Peace Lutheran Church
Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment 6 to 30 feet · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Peace Lutheran Church, 5675 Field St, ARVADA, COLORADO 80002 on — Fractures , affecting the Trunk and other upper extremities.
Final narrative
An employee was in a one-person mobile scaffold, changing light bulbs in a church sanctuary ceiling. The scaffold fell over and the employee (who was secured in the lift basket) fell about 15 feet onto pews. He suffered broken ribs and a broken right arm; he was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
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