Reynolds Construction LLC
Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet - Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury - MARATHON, Florida
| Employer | Reynolds Construction LLC |
| Address | 4095 Overseas Highway, Marathon water treatment plant Area 3 |
| City, State ZIP | MARATHON, Florida 33050 |
| Report ID | 20171010343 |
| Event Date | October 28, 2017 |
| Outcome | Hospitalized |
| Nature of Injury | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury |
| Body Part | Lumbar region |
| Event Type | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
| Source of Injury | Scaffolds-staging, unspecified |
| Industry (NAICS) | 237110 |
| GPS Coordinates | 24.71406, -81.08380 |
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Incident Narrative
An employee was on a scaffold connecting ductile iron pipe in a water treatment plant. The employee had to remove a side rail from the scaffold to gain access to the pipe. The employee lost his balance and fell approximately 15 feet onto pipes that were below. The employee sustained injury to their L1, L2, and L3 discs, which had to be fused.
Incident Summary
On October 28, 2017, a worker at Reynolds Construction LLC in MARATHON, Florida suffered soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury to the lumbar region. The incident was classified as other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet, with scaffolds-staging, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.
Context
OSHA has recorded 1,098 severe injury reports involving "Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet" incidents in our database. Browse all Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet injuries.
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