Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels

Name: Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels at Shore Builders, Inc.
Start: 7/5/2024

1 hospitalization · 2024076026 · 7/5/2024 · Shore Builders, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple internal chest locations
Nature of injury: Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
Source: Source, secondary source unspecified
Secondary source: Tree stumps

Employer

Name: Shore Builders, Inc.
Location: 12150 NW 115th Street, CHIEFLAND, FLORIDA, 32626
NAICS: 238350
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was performing carpentry work to frame a boardwalk when they slipped and fell. They were about 5 to 8 inches above the ground and landed with their chest contacting a large tree stump. The employee sustained three fractured ribs and a collapsed right lung.

Source

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