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Webber Infrastructure Management, Inc.

Other fall to lower level 6 to 30 feet — Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries — BLOUNTSTOWN, FLORIDA

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Webber Infrastructure Management, Inc. in BLOUNTSTOWN, FLORIDA
Employer Webber Infrastructure Management, Inc. Report ID 2024054481
Address Scotts Ferry Bridge City, State ZIP BLOUNTSTOWN, FLORIDA 32424
Event Date May 21, 2024 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries Body Part Trunk and other lower extremities
Event Type Other fall to lower level 6 to 30 feet Source of Injury Bridges, dams, locks
Secondary Source Ground
Industry (NAICS) 237310 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 30.35000, -85.41000

Incident Narrative

On May 21, 2024, temporary concrete barriers along a bridge edge were being moved two feet back using a front-end loader with forks. The forks became entangled in some rebar, so the barrier being lifted was set back down. The injured employee went to investigate, lost his footing, and fell backward off the edge of the bridge deck 24 feet to the lower boom of the mobile elevated work platform (MEWP). He then fell from the MEWP another 5 feet onto soft mud ground. He sustained a head laceration, punctured lungs, and fractures to his pelvis and leg.

Incident Summary

On May 21, 2024, a worker at Webber Infrastructure Management, Inc. in BLOUNTSTOWN, FLORIDA suffered multiple severe wounds and internal injuries to the trunk and other lower extremities. The incident was classified as other fall to lower level 6 to 30 feet, with bridges, dams, locks identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

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