Accident Report Detail
Accident: 100118.015 - Employee Falls While Exiting Lift And Fractures Hip
Accident: 100118.015 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 08/28/2017 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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1263815.015 | 09/13/2017 | Hawkins Construction Company | |||||
At 12:00 p.m. on August 28, 2017, Employee #1, a carpenter employed by a constru ction company, was at the start of his lunch break at a bridge construction proj ect. He had been working from an MEC Titan 40-S extensible boom lift with guard rails removed. Employee #1 lowered the boom lift and detached his fall protecti on safety line from the anchorage point on the lift. As he stepped toward the l adder platform to descend to the ground, he fell, a fall height of approximately 6 feet 2 inches. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transport ed to the hospital. He was admitted and treated for a fractured hip. | |||||||
Keywords:
aerial lift, bridge, construction, fall, fall protection, fracture, guardrail, hip, lanyard, ppe
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Bridge | New project or new addition | ||||||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
1 | 1263815.015 | 51 | M | Hospitalized injury | Carpenters | FallDist: 6 FallHt:6 Cause: Exterior carpentry FatCause: |