Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk

Name: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Vital Steel Erectors, Inc.
Start: 10/19/2018

1 hospitalization · 20181010835 · 10/19/2018 · Vital Steel Erectors, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level 26 to 30 feet
Source: Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
Secondary source: Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted

Employer

Name: Vital Steel Erectors, Inc.
Location: James Roberts Middle School, FULSHEAR, TEXAS, 77441
NAICS: 238120
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was getting down from a roof using a scissor lift when he fell 30 feet to the base of the lift scissor mechanism, suffering internal bleeding, kidney damage and multiple fractures to both legs that required hospitalization.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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