Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 16 to 20 feet · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Lamar Outdoor Advertising, Inc., Lamar Outdoor Billboard, TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA 32301
on , Fractures, affecting the ankle(s).
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Final narrative
An employee was tightening the bolts on a billboard when the weld of the catwalk arm broke, swung down with him on it, and hit his ankle on the billboard column, fracturing his right ankle. He fell 20 feet from the catwalk and was hanging by his fall protection lanyard about 9 feet above the ground when he was rescued by his foreman. He was hospitalized.
HospitalizedAnkle(s)Catwalks
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