Fractures

Name: Fractures at Seven Brothers Painting, Inc.
Start: 10/18/2019

1 hospitalization · 20191010917 · 10/18/2019 · Seven Brothers Painting, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet
Source: Ceilings
Secondary source: Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified

Employer

Name: Seven Brothers Painting, Inc.
Location: 700 Cedar St., FREMONT, OHIO, 43420
NAICS: 238320
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

On October 18, 2019, an employee was using an access ladder to access another level of a water tower to remove tools. He stepped off of the ladder onto a ceiling that he thought was a platform. He fell through the acoustic ceiling approximately 15' to the ground, fracturing his lower spine.

Source

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