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Skull fracture and intracranial injury

1 hospitalization · 2020066025 · 6/27/2020 · G L Z Acoustics, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Brain
Nature of injury
Skull fracture and intracranial injury

Cause

Event
Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
Source
Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
Secondary source
Floor, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
G L Z Acoustics, LLC
Location
700 NE 13th St., OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, 73104
NAICS
238310
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was working on a scaffold raised to a height of approximately four feet to install can light trim and sheet rock the ceiling. As the employee exited the end of the scaffold, he mis-stepped on the rung of the ladder integrated to the scaffold. He fell backward and struck his head on the wall. His hard hat fell off and then his head struck the floor. He was hospitalized for a fractured skull and bleeding in the brain.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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