Fractures

Name: Fractures at CHAPMAN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
Start: 1/8/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018010213 · 1/8/2018 · CHAPMAN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
Source: Power lines, transformers, convertors

Employer

Name: CHAPMAN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
Location: CR 2510 1/4 mile South of SH 2710, WATONGA, OKLAHOMA, 73772
NAICS: 237130
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was stringing an overhead powerline of a pulling rig between two towers. When another employee started pulling the wire, the employee maintained contact with the wire and was raised approximately 15 to 20 feet above the ground. He then lost his grip on the wire and fell to the ground, breaking his pelvis and left wrist.

Source

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