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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2024087188 · 8/7/2024 · MERO Construction, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Ankle(s) and leg(s) n.e.c.
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment 6 to 30 feet
Source
Scaffolds, staging unspecified
Secondary source
Source, secondary source unspecified

Employer

Name
MERO Construction, LLC
Location
10110 West Sam Houston Pkwy. (Wisenbaker), HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77064
NAICS
238140
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was working from a scaffold approximately 15 feet high to nail sheet rock to an interior wall. The employee fell backward and the scaffold collapsed. The employee was hospitalized with a shattered right shin and ankle and required surgery.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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