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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2015107932 · 10/23/2015 · Chapman Corporation

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Other jump to lower level 6 to 10 feet
Source
Boom truck, bucket or basket hoist truck

Employer

Name
Chapman Corporation
Location
Covestro Plant, PROCTOR, WEST VIRGINIA, 26055
NAICS
237120
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

On October 23, 2015, at approximately 1:00pm, a an employee was hospitalized after suffering a compression fracture to his back and laceration to his head. The employee was driving an extendible boom manlift across a designated railroad crossing. The machine malfunctioned and stopped with the bucket portion of the lift above the railroad tracks. As a train arrived, the employee untied his harness and jumped from the bucket approximately 10' out and 6' down landing on a gravel surface.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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