B & M Drywall, LLC
Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet - Fractures - BIRMINGHAM, Alabama
| Employer | B & M Drywall, LLC |
| Address | Protective Life, 2801 Highway 280 S |
| City, State ZIP | BIRMINGHAM, Alabama 35223 |
| Report ID | 2020021611 |
| Event Date | February 18, 2020 |
| Outcome | Hospitalized |
| Nature of Injury | Fractures |
| Body Part | Knee(s) and leg(s) |
| Event Type | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| Source of Injury | Scaffolds-self-supporting staging |
| Secondary Source | Floor, n.e.c. |
| Industry (NAICS) | 238310 |
| GPS Coordinates | 33.48000, -86.73000 |
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Incident Narrative
An employee was framing a soffit at the top of a scaffold. He pushed himself using bars attached to a desk as leverage. The scaffold started to roll too fast, and when he tried to stop it, he fell approximately 5 feet from the top of the scaffold onto the concrete floor. He suffered a cut on the head, a right knee and lower leg fracture, and a left knee fracture.
Incident Summary
On February 18, 2020, a worker at B & M Drywall, LLC in BIRMINGHAM, Alabama suffered fractures to the knee(s) and leg(s). The incident was classified as other fall to lower level less than 6 feet, with scaffolds-self-supporting staging identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.
Context
OSHA has recorded 3,309 severe injury reports involving "Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet" incidents in our database. Browse all Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet injuries.
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