Worker severely injured on his first day on the job
An 18-year-old worker in Bay Harbor Island, Florida ended up in the hospital on his first day on the job -- because his employer failed to provide him with fall protection, according to OSHA.
The incident occurred when the Fast Carpentry Inc. employee was installing roofing sheathing and a gust of wind caught the plywood he was carrying, causing him to fall approximately 14 feet to the ground. The man landed on a metal fence post, upon which his upper thigh and buttocks were impaled.