Fractures

Name: Fractures at Millerco, Inc.
Start: 2/18/2019

1 hospitalization · 2019021804 · 2/18/2019 · Millerco, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Ankle(s)
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
Source: Telecommunications and cell phone towers
Secondary source: Ground, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Millerco, Inc.
Location: 14376 County Farm Rd, GULFPORT, MISSISSIPPI, 39503
NAICS: 811213
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

Employees were conducting a training exercise on rescuing employees at a cell tower. One employee, acting as the victim, was being brought down by another. The descending apparatus came down to the ground too fast. In the fall (about 15 feet), the employee acting as the victim broke both ankles and needed to be hospitalized.

Source

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