Other fall to lower level 6 to 30 feet · Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Freeman Expositions, LLC, 841 JOSEPH E LOWERY BLVD NW, ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30318
on — Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified, affecting the Multiple body parts unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was working on a platform, raised 6 to 8 feet in the air, to get something off a rack. The employee fell from the platform to the ground and sustained a head injury and injury to multiple body parts.
Hospitalized Multiple body parts unspecified Scaffolds, staging unspecified
An employee was working on mechanical repairs to a tractor that was on a 22-ton hydraulic lift/jack. The employee was loosening bolts on the rear differential when the jack failed/slipped, and the tractor came down, pushing the employee's drill to the ground. The employee's left hand was caught under the drill with the weight of the tractor pushing down on it. Two of his fingers were lacerated and he was hospitalized.
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.
An employee was standing on the surface of a steel beam about two feet wide. He slipped and fell backward, landing on the concrete ground about 20 feet below. The employee sustained a broken pelvis.
An employee was cleaning out an inlet pipe in a stormwater structure. The employee stepped back, fell into the pipe, and landed on concrete 13 feet below, at the bottom of the structure. He suffered a broken back.
An employee was preparing to unjam an auger shaft while standing on a forklift-elevated, job-made platform. The employee's wrench slipped off the equipment, causing them to lose their balance and fall. The employee landed on the ground 14 feet below and suffered fractures to the orbital bone, left elbow, and lower back.
An employee was trimming tree limbs from a bucket truck. The employee fell from the bucket to the ground 16 feet below, suffering a concussion and a broken rib.
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