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Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages without skull fracture

1 hospitalization · 20241211911 · 12/27/2024 · Wycliffe Golf and Country Club Homeowner's Association, INC.

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Brain
Nature of injury
Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages without skull fracture

Cause

Event
Fall to lower level resulting from exposure or contact unspecified
Source
Step ladders
Secondary source
Electric parts unspecified

Employer

Name
Wycliffe Golf and Country Club Homeowner's Association, INC.
Location
4650 Wycliffe Country Club Boulevard, WELLINGTON, FLORIDA, 33449
NAICS
531311
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was replacing a light fixture while on an 8-foot A-frame ladder on the second from the top rung when he was shocked and fell from the ladder. His head struck the metal work rest of a band saw before he landed on the ground. The employee sustained a head laceration, bruising, and bleeding to the back of the head. He was hospitalized for a brain bleed. The source of electricity was not locked out/tagged out at the time.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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