Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk

Name: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Quality Metals, Inc.
Start: 8/26/2021

1 hospitalization · 2021087304 · 8/26/2021 · Quality Metals, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple trunk locations
Nature of injury: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet
Source: Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
Secondary source: Ground, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Quality Metals, Inc.
Location: Shoppes of Aberdeen, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, 32259
NAICS: 238160
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

On August 26, 2021, an employee was working from an aerial lift basket, installing metal wall panels on a new building. He fell out of the basket, landed 10 feet below on a lower canopy roof, then bounced/rolled off and fell 15 feet to the dirt ground. He suffered a broken wrist, broken ribs, a ruptured spleen, and a punctured lung and was hospitalized.

Source

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