Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221437163

FARIS MACHINERY COMPANY

Event
Construction, Falling Object, Fracture, Plywood, Rib, Shoulder, Struck By
NAICS
532412
Inspection type
Referral
Activity number
#345781405
Employer profile
FARIS MACHINERY COMPANY
Summary number
221437163
Report ID
0830500
Project type
A
Construction end-use
B

Event description

Employee fractures scapula and ribs when struck by falling p

Investigation abstract

At 10:00 a.m. on February 4, 2022, an employee was servicing a heater on the third floor of a construction site. The employee was struck by a piece of 4 inch by 8 inch fire resistant plywood that fell from the seventh floor of the site. The employee was hospitalized for treatment of a fractured scapula and ribs on his right side.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 63 M

    Event type
    1
    Occupation code
    257

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