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Casler Masonry, Inc.

Fall from collapsing structure or equipment less than 6 feet — Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk — SYRACUSE, NEW YORK

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Casler Masonry, Inc. in SYRACUSE, NEW YORK
Employer Casler Masonry, Inc. Report ID 2018077655
Address 581 State Fair Boulevard, NYS Fair Expo Center City, State ZIP SYRACUSE, NEW YORK 13206
Event Date July 27, 2018 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 from collapsing structure or equipment less than 6 feet Source of Injury Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
Secondary Source Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 238140 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 43.07000, -76.21000

Incident Narrative

An employee was leaving a mobile scaffold platform while holding a tower section that had just been unbolted. The employee and the tower section fell to the ground about 3 feet below, landing on an outrigger and suffering four broken ribs and blood in the lungs.

Incident Summary

On July 27, 2018, a worker at Casler Masonry, Inc. in SYRACUSE, NEW YORK 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 from collapsing structure or equipment less than 6 feet, with scaffolds-staging, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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