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Accident: 70146.015 - Worker Falls, Sustains Multiple Fractures When Aerial Lift D
Accident: 70146.015 -- Report ID: 0830500 -- Event Date: 01/13/2015 | |||||||
| Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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| 1018930.015 | 01/14/2015 | Denali Roofing Llc | |||||
| At 10:30 a.m. on January 13, 2015, Employee #1 and a coworker, employed by a con struction company, were engaged in exterior cladding at a commercial building pr oject. Employee #1 was holding onto a piece of metal and working from an aerial lift being operated by coworker. The door of the aerial lift opened, and Emplo yee #1 fell from the lift to the ground below, a fall height of 14 feet. Emerge ncy services were called, and Employee #1 was transported to the hospital. He w as admitted and treated for fractured vertebrae. At the time of this report, Em ployee #1 also was being observed and evaluated for potential paraplegia. | |||||||
Keywords:
aerial lift, building, construction, door, fall, fall protection, fracture, installing, paralysis, vertebra
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| End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
| Commercial building | New project or new addition | $500,000 to $1,000,000 | 2 | 22 | |||
| Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
| 1 | 1018930.015 | 32 | M | Hospitalized injury | Roofers: Helpers | FallDist: 14 FallHt:14 Cause: Exterior cladding FatCause: |
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