Fractures and dislocations

Name: Fractures and dislocations at Speedy Concrete Cutting, Inc.
Start: 5/23/2023

1 hospitalization · 2023054573 · 5/23/2023 · Speedy Concrete Cutting, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Fractures and dislocations

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
Source: Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
Secondary source: Saws-powered, except chainsaws

Employer

Name: Speedy Concrete Cutting, Inc.
Location: 760 N Ocean Boulevard, PALM BEACH, FLORIDA, 33480
NAICS: 238990
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was on a scaffold approximately 10 feet, 4 inches high operating a handheld concrete cutting saw. The saw kicked back and knocked the employee off the scaffold to the concrete floor below. The employee sustained a dislocated right shoulder, fractured right humerus, and a possible vertebral fracture.

Source

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