Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 110855.015 - Employee receives fractured vertebrae in fall from platform

Accident Summary Nr: 110855.015 -- Report ID: 0317000 -- Event Date: 11/08/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1359337.015	11/08/2018		238130	Lariat Construction, Inc

Abstract: At 7:00 a.m. on November 8, 2018, an employee was working on the third floor of a building and began removing tools from a twelve foot by six foot platform raised into place by a JLG telescoping boom forklift. At some point, the employee stepped onto the platform which flipped off of the forks and the employee fell twenty-four feet. The employee was hospitalized for a fractured vertebrae.

Keywords: Fall, Fall Protection, Forklift, Forks, Fracture, Platform, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Vertebra

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition			5

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1359337.015	45	M	Hospitalized injury		Carpenters	Distance of Fall: 24 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 24 feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause:

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