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Fractures and surface, flesh wounds

1 hospitalization · 2024098634 · 9/16/2024 · Lamar Advertising of Lafayette

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Head and extremities
Nature of injury
Fractures and surface, flesh wounds

Cause

Event
Fall to lower level caught self or curtailed
Source
Catwalks
Secondary source
Fall protection equipment

Employer

Name
Lamar Advertising of Lafayette
Location
100 Block Banks Street, LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA, 70506
NAICS
541613
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was on top of a billboard display on the lower catwalk. The employee loosened the straps that secured the vinyl leading to a pair of butler sections in the front part of the billboard. This action caused four butler sections to slip, and one of them struck the employee. The employee fell off the catwalk, however, the fall was properly arrested. The employee sustained a broken right arm and a laceration to the back of the head.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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