Injuries to the brain, spinal cord and severe wounds, internal injuries

Name: Injuries to the brain, spinal cord and severe wounds, internal injuries at Global Heavy Corporation
Start: 12/30/2024

1 hospitalization · 20241211939 · 12/30/2024 · Global Heavy Corporation

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple body parts n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Injuries to the brain, spinal cord and severe wounds, internal injuries

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level 6 to 30 feet
Source: Hoists, lifts scissor, telescoping
Secondary source: Fall protection equipment

Employer

Name: Global Heavy Corporation
Location: Grove City Memorial Park, GROVE CITY, PENNSYLVANIA, 16127
NAICS: 237110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was in a boom lift to install PVC panels into a skylight dormer. The employee fell approximately 20 feet to the concrete ground inside the building and sustained fractures to their right ankle, tibia, fibula, and scapula, as well as head trauma, a brain bleed, two fractured ribs on the left side, and lumbar fractures. Fall protection was not worn at the time.

Source

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