Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment 6 to 30 feet · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Builder's Bloc Contracting Services LLC, Residential Job Site, HIGHLAND, ILLINOIS 62249
on , Fractures, affecting the hand(s) and wrist(s).
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Final narrative
An employee was setting trusses for a covered porch. The employee had one foot on an 8-foot step ladder and the other foot on the bottom of a truss to unhook a chain. The truss came loose, causing the employee to fall 8 feet. They hit a T-brace on the way down to the concrete patio. The employee sustained a fractures to their right wrist/hand.
HospitalizedHand(s) and wrist(s)Trusses, girders, beams structurally attached