Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment 6 to 30 feet · Injuries to the brain, spinal cord and severe wounds, internal injuries
Final narrative
An employee was on a canopy on top of a school walkway and working to remove wood and install metal. He had been cutting wood boards while standing on the awning that was approximately 9 feet high. The wood planks attached to the north side of the walkway broke loose while the employee was standing on them and he fell to the ground with the boards falling on top of him. The employee hit his head and sustained a concussion, lacerations, and fractures to their L3-L4 vertebrae and ribs, as well as a dislocated shoulder.
Hospitalized Head and trunk Structures and surfaces unspecified
An employee was delivering materials. He was doing his pre-delivery inspection on the roof of the jobsite (a warehouse) when he fell through a plexiglass skylight. He landed on his feet on the concrete floor 14 feet below. The employee sustained fractures to his spine, left ulnar/radius, and right heel. The employee required surgery.
An employee was climbing a ladder to inspect a vent in a restaurant dining area. The ladder slid out on the floor and the employee fell approximately 12 feet onto the ladder and the floor. He was hospitalized with a dislocated shoulder and a back injury.
An employee was standing on a multi-purpose ladder installing head flashing over a window. Their feet were approximately 6 feet off the ground and three rungs from the top. The employee lost their grip on the drill they were using and the ladder tipped over. The employee fell from the ladder to the ground, resulting in a fractured left wrist, bruised chest, and lacerations to their face and lip.
An employee was assembling a baker type scaffold. He was beginning to transverse down the scaffold, approximately six feet off the ground, when the scaffold tipped over and he fell. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured femur.
An employee was working from an extension ladder, installing a security camera. The ladder fell out from under the employee, who fell to the ground 12 feet below and broke his right femur.