Other fall to lower level 26 to 30 feet · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Empire Steel Erectors, LP, 1100 F.M. 487, JARRELL, TEXAS 76537
on , Fractures, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was laying down bridging (angle iron that is welded onto open web joists). He was moving backward toward the edge of a joist when his foot slipped. He lost balance and fell backward away from the structure and landed on the ground about 30 feet below. The employee sustained a broken right leg. The employee was wearing a harness but it was not connected at the time of the fall.
HospitalizedLeg(s), unspecifiedStructures and surfaces, unspecified