Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Name: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at YOUNGQUIST BROTHERS, INC.
Start: 12/29/2015

1 hospitalization · 2015129881 · 12/29/2015 · YOUNGQUIST BROTHERS, INC.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
Nature of injury: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Cause

Event: Fall or jump curtailed by personal fall arrest system
Source: Derricks and related equipment

Employer

Name: YOUNGQUIST BROTHERS, INC.
Location: 16001 Airport Haul Rd., FORT MYERS, FLORIDA, 33913
NAICS: 213111
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was working on a derrick about 10 feet off the ground and was being lifted to disconnect the elevator. A wire rope under tension snapped back striking the employee and throwing him in the air and then back down. The employee was wearing a safety harness and he only fell the length of his lanyard or about 4 feet. The employee injured his back and was hospitalized.

Source

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