Skull fracture and intracranial injury

Name: Skull fracture and intracranial injury at Reliant Test and Technology
Start: 2/18/2019

1 hospitalization · 2019021806 · 2/18/2019 · Reliant Test and Technology

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Brain
Nature of injury: Skull fracture and intracranial injury

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
Source: Pickup truck
Secondary source: Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified

Employer

Name: Reliant Test and Technology
Location: 516 Perimeter Rd., Bldg. 963, EGLIN AFB, FLORIDA, 32542
NAICS: 561210
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An electronic maintenance technician noticed that part of the tarp covering a radar dome had come off. He was standing on the bed of his pickup truck, pulling a rope attached to the tarp, when he fell off and landed on his back on the asphalt pavement. He suffered a skull fracture and brain hemorrhaging and was hospitalized.

Source

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