Fractures

Name: Fractures at Horizon Carpentry, Inc.
Start: 9/28/2015

1 hospitalization · 2015097150 · 9/28/2015 · Horizon Carpentry, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Lumbar region
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
Source: Roofs, unspecified

Employer

Name: Horizon Carpentry, Inc.
Location: 100 Hudson Court, WHEELING, ILLINOIS, 60090
NAICS: 238130
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was working on a pitched roof, clearing off materials, when he fell approximately 20 feet to the ground below. He was wearing fall protection at the time, but the shock pack did not deploy, and all of the fall protection fell with him. He fractured his lower back.

Source

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