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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2022065692 · 6/29/2022 · Liberty Utilities

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
Source
Boom truck, bucket or basket hoist truck
Secondary source
Rope, twine, string

Employer

Name
Liberty Utilities
Location
10 broken bridge rd, CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE, 03301
NAICS
221112
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was training on the use of a self-recovery device. As he lowered himself from a bucket, the rope broke and he fell 18 to 20 feet to the ground. A vertebra in his lower back was fractured and he was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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