Fractures

Name: Fractures at The Florida Holocaust Museum
Start: 11/29/2017

1 hospitalization · 20171111347 · 11/29/2017 · The Florida Holocaust Museum

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Upper and lower limb(s)
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
Source: Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted

Employer

Name: The Florida Holocaust Museum
Location: 55 5th Street S, SAINT PETERSBURG, FLORIDA, 33701
NAICS: 712110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a lift (most likely scissor lift) to remove plastic that was stuck on pallets when he lost his balance and fell 10 to 15 feet off the lift to the ground, breaking both wrists and shattering his knee. The lift was unguarded at the time.

Source

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