Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment 6 to 30 feet · Multiple surface and flesh wounds
Final narrative
An employee was working with his supervisor to trace overhead cables in an existing cable tray inside a facility. The employee climbed a fixed ladder onto an elevated work platform above a production line. The employee was able to see the existing cable tray that was approximately 42 inches below him. He jumped down onto the lower surface to get a better look at the cable tray when he fell through the surface approximately 11.5 feet, landing on sheet glass glass coming through the production line conveyor. The glass broke. The employee suffered a contusion to upper-left shoulder blade, a puncture wound above his left knee, and a laceration to his right upper arm approximately in the middle of his bicep muscle.
Hospitalized Upper and lower extremities n.e.c. Source, secondary source unspecified
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