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Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels

1 hospitalization · 2024054481 · 5/21/2024 · Webber Infrastructure Management, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Lung(s), pleura
Nature of injury
Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels

Cause

Event
Other fall to lower level 6 to 30 feet
Source
Bridges, dams, locks
Secondary source
Ground

Employer

Name
Webber Infrastructure Management, Inc.
Location
Scotts Ferry Bridge, BLOUNTSTOWN, FLORIDA, 32424
NAICS
237310
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

On May 21, 2024, temporary concrete barriers along a bridge edge were being moved two feet back using a front-end loader with forks. The forks became entangled in some rebar, so the barrier being lifted was set back down. The injured employee went to investigate, lost his footing, and fell backward off the edge of the bridge deck 24 feet to the lower boom of the mobile elevated work platform (MEWP). He then fell from the MEWP another 5 feet onto soft mud ground. He sustained a head laceration, punctured lungs, and fractures to his pelvis and leg.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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