Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk

Name: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Safway Services, LLC
Start: 9/25/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017099170 · 9/25/2017 · Safway Services, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
Nature of injury: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk

Cause

Event: Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet
Source: Scaffolds-staging, unspecified

Employer

Name: Safway Services, LLC
Location: Carnegie Science Center, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, 15212
NAICS: 238990
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was dismantling a scaffold. While walking across two 7' steel scaffold planks, the planks separated and the employee fell 18 feet through the gap to the concrete surface below. The employee sustained a fractured left clavicle, fractured arm and a collapsed lung.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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