Fractures

Name: Fractures at Franklin Building Supply, Inc
Start: 7/26/2016

1 hospitalization · 2016076780 · 7/26/2016 · Franklin Building Supply, Inc

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet
Source: Roof surfaces other than roof edge
Secondary source: Skids, pallets

Employer

Name: Franklin Building Supply, Inc
Location: 442 North Pointe, IDAHO FALLS, IDAHO, 83401
NAICS: 444110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was delivering a pallet of roof shingles to a low-sloped roof using a boom truck with a fork attachment. The pallet of roof shingles slipped off of the forks and crashed through the roof to the interior of the home. The employee was knocked/dragged into the hole along with the pallet. He fell approximately 20 feet to the lower surface and was hospitalized with two broken ribs.

Source

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