Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 124526.015 - Employee falls from telehandler basket and fractures vertebr

Accident Summary Nr: 124526.015 -- Report ID: 0830400 -- Event Date: 02/27/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1466784.015	03/02/2020		238290	Kramp Enterprises, Inc.

Abstract: At 11:00 a.m. on February 27, 2020, Employee #1, while employed by a construction concrete contractor, was removing struts from commercial 18 feet x 22 feet bay door for repairs. Employee #1 was performing the work in a telehandler basket which was attached to a fork truck. The tension on the door springs had not been released or locked out. Once Employee #1 removed the struts from the door, he pulled the door release cable causing the door to roll upwards due to the tension left on the springs. The door caught the jacket of Employee #1 pulling him off the telehandler basket. Employee #1 fell between 10-18 feet to the concrete floor causing a fracture to vertebrae L-4. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Keywords: Basket, Clothing, Door, Elevated Work Platform, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Lockout, Lumbar Fracture, Lumbar Injury, Overhead Door, Personnel Cage, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Spring, Tension, Vertebra

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Maintenance or repair			1	18

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1466784.015	32	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Temporary work (buildings, facilities) Fatality Cause:

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