GEORGE WEIS COMPANY
Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet - Fractures - CREVE COEUR, Missouri
| Employer | GEORGE WEIS COMPANY |
| Address | Holiday Inn, 1030 Woodcrest Terrace Drive |
| City, State ZIP | CREVE COEUR, Missouri 63141 |
| Report ID | 2019088013 |
| Event Date | August 5, 2019 |
| Outcome | Hospitalized |
| Nature of Injury | Fractures |
| Body Part | Multiple body parts, unspecified |
| Event Type | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| Source of Injury | Scaffolds-staging, unspecified |
| Secondary Source | Guardrails, road dividers |
| Industry (NAICS) | 238310 |
| Inspection # | 1422760 |
| GPS Coordinates | 38.65000, -90.45000 |
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Incident Narrative
An employee was working from an elevated platform. When the employee grabbed a wire rope guardrail, the guardrail collapsed, and the employee fell head first approximately 6 feet into a lift basket. The employee sustained bruising to the spinal cord, fractured vertebrae, and a broken nose.
Incident Summary
On August 5, 2019, a worker at GEORGE WEIS COMPANY in CREVE COEUR, Missouri suffered fractures to the multiple body parts, unspecified. The incident was classified as other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet, with scaffolds-staging, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.
Context
OSHA has recorded 1,714 severe injury reports involving "Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet" incidents in our database. Browse all Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet injuries.
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