Fractures

Name: Fractures at Southland Insulators of Delaware, LLC
Start: 5/20/2015

1 hospitalization · 2015051785 · 5/20/2015 · Southland Insulators of Delaware, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
Source: Tools, instruments, and equipment, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Plastic wrap

Employer

Name: Southland Insulators of Delaware, LLC
Location: Lot 6, Beach Plum Dunes, Bldg D, Crossbow Drive, LEWES, DELAWARE, 19958
NAICS: 238310
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was walking on stilts (raised up about 3 feet), installing batt insulation in the ceiling (about 8-feet high) with a manual staple hammer. The stilts caught a piece of plastic insulation bundle wrapping, causing the employee to lose his balance on the stilts. He tipped forward on the stilts, striking the floor with his knees. His coworkers offered to help him back up, but they couldn't move him. He was hospitalized with a fractured spine.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown