Fractures

Name: Fractures at Ridgway Roof Truss Company
Start: 6/10/2023

1 hospitalization · 2023065133 · 6/10/2023 · Ridgway Roof Truss Company

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
Source: Roof trusses, joists
Secondary source: High winds, gusts, turbulence

Employer

Name: Ridgway Roof Truss Company
Location: 235 SW 11th Pl, GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA, 32601
NAICS: 321214
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

On June 10, 2023, an employee was at a shipping yard, installing load straps onto a tractor-trailer. The wind knocked down a stack of roof trusses that were standing up and the employee was struck by the trusses and fell to the asphalt. He was hospitalized with fractures to the femur, wrists, and the skull in two places.

Source

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