Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 126213.015 - Employee breaks leg in jump from boom after hearing hissing

Accident Summary Nr: 126213.015 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 12/08/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1457219.015	01/22/2020		811310	Process Cooling International, Inc.

Abstract: At 11:30 a.m. on December 8, 2019, an employee working as a laborer for a machinery manufacturer was working from a knuckle boom insulating ammonia pipes on cold storage equipment. The employee heard a hissing sound coming out of a valve so he jumped out of the boom falling approximately 18 feet to the ground below. The employee broke his leg and elbow and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Aerial Lift, Ammonia, Boom, Broken Bone, Elbow, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Fracture, Gas, Hoist, Installing, Jump, Jumping, Laborer, Leak, Leg, Malfunction, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Pipe, Pressure Release, Sprain, Strain, Valve, Vapor, Work Surface

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1457219.015	23	M	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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