Fractures

Name: Fractures at RES America Construction, Inc.
Start: 8/16/2019

1 hospitalization · 2019088474 · 8/16/2019 · RES America Construction, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Head and trunk
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Fall through surface or existing opening more than 30 feet
Source: Existing floor opening
Secondary source: Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified

Employer

Name: RES America Construction, Inc.
Location: 2371 W. US Highway 67, RANKIN, TEXAS, 79778
NAICS: 237130
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

After erecting and connecting a base to a mid tower section, employees were preparing to lower tools. An employee fell through a hatch (open so that tools could be lowered) to the concrete 60 feet below and suffered fractured ribs, a fracture to the T-12 vertebrae, a knee injury, and laceration to the back of the head.

Source

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