Foti Contracting, LLC
Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet — Fractures — ELYRIA, Ohio
| Employer | Foti Contracting, LLC |
| Address | 528 Garford Avenue |
| City, State ZIP | ELYRIA, Ohio 44035 |
| Report ID | 20200511250 |
| Event Date | May 13, 2020 |
| Outcome | Hospitalized |
| Nature of Injury | Fractures |
| Body Part | Thigh(s) |
| Event Type | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
| Source of Injury | Scaffolds-staging, unspecified |
| Secondary Source | Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified |
| Industry (NAICS) | 238140 |
| GPS Coordinates | 41.36284, -82.08993 |
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Incident Narrative
An employee was laying brick while working on a scaffold. The employee tripped and fell 20 feet from the scaffold to the ground below. The employee sustained a broken femur and tissue damage to the leg, as well as an injury to the rotator cuff, and cuts and scrapes.
Incident Summary
On May 13, 2020, a worker at Foti Contracting, LLC in ELYRIA, Ohio suffered fractures to the thigh(s). The incident was classified as other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet, with scaffolds-staging, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.
Context
OSHA has recorded 562 severe injury reports involving "Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet" incidents in our database. Browse all Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet injuries.
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