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Santimaw Contracting, Inc.

Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment unspecified — Fractures — WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Santimaw Contracting, Inc. in WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS
Employer Santimaw Contracting, Inc. Report ID 2025054376
Address 50 Outlook Rd. City, State ZIP WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS 01602
Event Date May 9, 2025 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures Body Part Trunk and other lower extremities
Event Type Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment unspecified Source of Injury Portable ladders and stairs unspecified
Secondary Source Source, secondary source unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 238160 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 42.25000, -71.85000

Incident Narrative

An employee was cutting boards near the edge of the first floor of an apartment building that had lost its roof, and many of its walls, to a fire. He stepped onto a ladder and it toppled over the side of the building and he fell with the ladder. He suffered fractures to a lower-back vertebra and both heels.

Incident Summary

On May 9, 2025, a worker at Santimaw Contracting, Inc. in WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS suffered fractures to the trunk and other lower extremities. The incident was classified as fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment unspecified, with portable ladders and stairs unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

OSHA has recorded 165 severe injury reports involving "Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment unspecified" incidents in our database. Browse all Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment unspecified injuries.

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