Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk

Name: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Casler Masonry, Inc.
Start: 7/27/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018077655 · 7/27/2018 · Casler Masonry, Inc.

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 from collapsing structure or equipment less than 6 feet
Source: Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
Secondary source: Scaffolds-staging, unspecified

Employer

Name: Casler Masonry, Inc.
Location: 581 State Fair Boulevard, SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, 13206
NAICS: 238140
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was leaving a mobile scaffold platform while holding a tower section that had just been unbolted. The employee and the tower section fell to the ground about 3 feet below, landing on an outrigger and suffering four broken ribs and blood in the lungs.

Source

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