Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries

Name: Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries at PROCO Roofing
Start: 5/21/2024

1 hospitalization · 2024054443 · 5/21/2024 · PROCO Roofing

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple trunk locations
Nature of injury: Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries

Cause

Event: Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment 6 to 30 feet
Source: Portable ladders and stairs unspecified
Secondary source: Ground, travel, and support surfaces unspecified

Employer

Name: PROCO Roofing
Location: 922 W. McCarty Ln., SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, 78666
NAICS: 238160
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was checking for hail damage on a roof. He was ascending a ladder to the second-story roof when the ladder gave way and he fell, contacting the first-story roof and then falling to the ground. He sustained eight cracked ribs, a collapsed lung, a neck laceration, and a shoulder injury. He was hospitalized.

Source

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