Fractures

Name: Fractures at KAP Contracting Co., Inc.
Start: 3/25/2015

1 hospitalization · 2015031484 · 3/25/2015 · KAP Contracting Co., Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Lumbar region
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level 26 to 30 feet
Source: Boom truck, bucket or basket hoist truck
Secondary source: Fasteners, connectors, ropes, ties, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: KAP Contracting Co., Inc.
Location: Smyna Leipsic Road, SMYRNA, DELAWARE, 19977
NAICS: 238210
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

At approximately 8:10 p.m., on 3/25/15, an employee fell 20 to 30 feet from an articulating boom bucket to the ground. The employee was tightening bolts for mast arms on traffic signal lights when the clip tie-off point broke and the employee fell. The employee sustained cracked lumbar vertebrae and head lacerations.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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