Safway Services, LLC
Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet — Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk — PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA
| Employer | Safway Services, LLC | Report ID | 2017099170 |
| Address | Carnegie Science Center, 1 Allegheny Avenue | City, State ZIP | PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA 15212 |
| Event Date | September 25, 2017 | Outcome | Hospitalized |
| Nature of Injury | Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk | Body Part | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders |
| Event Type | Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet | Source of Injury | Scaffolds-staging, unspecified |
| Industry (NAICS) | 238990 | Inspection # | 1267354 |
| GPS Coordinates | 40.44000, -80.01000 | ||
Incident Narrative
An employee was dismantling a scaffold. While walking across two 7' steel scaffold planks, the planks separated and the employee fell 18 feet through the gap to the concrete surface below. The employee sustained a fractured left clavicle, fractured arm and a collapsed lung.
Incident Summary
On September 25, 2017, a worker at Safway Services, LLC in PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA suffered internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk to the chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders. The incident was classified as fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet, with scaffolds-staging, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.
Context
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