← OSHA severe injury reports

Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2017087558 · 8/8/2017 · American Scaffold, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Leg(s), unspecified
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet
Source
Scaffolds-staging, unspecified

Employer

Name
American Scaffold, Inc.
Location
USS Iwo Jima at Naval Station Mayport, MAYPORT NAVAL STATION, FLORIDA, 32228
NAICS
238990
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was entering a portable water tank to erect a scaffold when he fell through a hole in the platform about 10 to 15 feet to the tank's floor. He suffered a broken left leg, back injuries, and two head lacerations, requiring hospitalization.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown