Fractures

Name: Fractures at Nitro Construction Services, Inc.
Start: 11/20/2024

1 hospitalization · 20241110805 · 11/20/2024 · Nitro Construction Services, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Back multiple regions
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level 6 to 30 feet
Source: Other constructed surface
Secondary source: Handrails, banisters structurally attached

Employer

Name: Nitro Construction Services, Inc.
Location: 30 Point Place, HURRICANE, WEST VIRGINIA, 25526
NAICS: 238990
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was evaluating an apartment complex for a fire suppression system and leaned on a job-made temporary handrail at the second-story landing. The handrail gave way and the employee fell 11 feet to the floor below. The employee was hospitalized for multiple back fractures including the L1 and T12 vertebrae and a bruised spinal cord.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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