Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk

Name: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at City Wide Building Services, LLC
Start: 9/15/2021

1 hospitalization · 2021097952 · 9/15/2021 · City Wide Building Services, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
Nature of injury: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
Source: Movable ladders, unspecified
Secondary source: Liquids, unspecified

Employer

Name: City Wide Building Services, LLC
Location: MD Anderson - Mendelsohn Faculty Center, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77030
NAICS: 561720
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee set up a ladder on a roof against a 12-foot parapet wall to pull up ropes. The ladder slipped on the wet roofing surface and the employee fell from the ladder. The employee sustained six rib fractures and a punctured right lung.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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