Fractures

Name: Fractures at Sims Crane & Equipment Co.
Start: 10/26/2020

1 hospitalization · 20201010163 · 10/26/2020 · Sims Crane & Equipment Co.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Lumbar region
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
Source: Cranes-other mobile cranes
Secondary source: Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified

Employer

Name: Sims Crane & Equipment Co.
Location: 1219 US Highway 301 N., TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33619
NAICS: 238990
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was climbing up the side access ladder of a mobile crane. He fell from the third step and his lower back struck the ground. He suffered two fractured lumbar vertebrae.

Source

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