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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2020109939 · 10/19/2020 · Progressive Plumbing, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Thigh(s)
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
Source
Step ladders
Secondary source
Floor, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
Progressive Plumbing, LLC
Location
3156 North Orange Blossom Trail, KISSIMMEE, FLORIDA, 34741
NAICS
238220
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was on an A-frame ladder marking locations for brackets to hold plumbing pipes in the ceiling and wall. The employee was about 8 feet high on the 12-foot ladder when he lost his balance while reaching to mark a location for a bracket and fell from the ladder onto the floor. The employee injured his face, eyes, shoulders and sustained a broken right femur.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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