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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2017010881 · 1/29/2017 · Great Lakes Aerial Maintenance and Construction Company 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 11 to 15 feet
Source
Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted

Employer

Name
Great Lakes Aerial Maintenance and Construction Company Inc
Location
2551 Holford Rd., RICHARDSON, TEXAS, 75082
NAICS
237130
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was about 13' up a cell tower in a spider basket taking steel off of the tower for new reinforcement. The employee fell and sustained lower back fractures. The employee was not tied off at the time.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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