Fractures and dislocations

Name: Fractures and dislocations at Pro Building Systems
Start: 3/23/2015

1 hospitalization · 2015031390 · 3/23/2015 · Pro Building Systems

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple lower extremities locations, n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Fractures and dislocations

Cause

Event: Fall from collapsing structure or equipment, unspecified
Source: Scaffolds-staging, unspecified

Employer

Name: Pro Building Systems
Location: 2390 Cobb Parkway, KENNESAW, GEORGIA, 30152
NAICS: 236220
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

The injured employee was removing a section of a protective walkway. He was using a stepladder to climb beside the walkway to remove a sheet of plywood. He stepped from the stepladder to the top of the protective walkway. The walkway collapsed to the ground with the employee on top. He broke his left femur and dislocated his knee.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown