HENDERSON, COLORADO·
Denver Machine Shop, Inc.
Fall to lower level resulting from exposure or contact less than 6 feet · Intracranial injuries with skull fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Denver Machine Shop, Inc., 9762 E. Hanover Ct., HENDERSON, COLORADO 80640 on , Intracranial injuries with skull fractures, affecting the Brain.
Final narrative
An employee was using a vertical boring mill to machine a motor housing. The employee was standing on a portable staircase. They engaged the rapid travelling function on the ram to remove the motor housing from the work table. A fabricated handle on the adjustment wheel struck the employee's head, causing them to fall approximately 4 feet from the stairs to the floor. The employee was hospitalized with a depressed fracture of their skull, a displaced fracture of their shoulder, multiple rib fractures, and a concussion.
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