Injuries to the brain, spinal cord and severe wounds, internal injuries

Name: Injuries to the brain, spinal cord and severe wounds, internal injuries at Midwest Cooling Towers, Inc.
Start: 10/7/2024

1 hospitalization · 2024109361 · 10/7/2024 · Midwest Cooling Towers, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple body parts n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Injuries to the brain, spinal cord and severe wounds, internal injuries

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level 6 to 30 feet
Source: Towers, poles n.e.c.
Secondary source: Fall protection equipment

Employer

Name: Midwest Cooling Towers, Inc.
Location: 1401 W B R Towline Rd., BELOIT, WISCONSIN, 53511
NAICS: 333415
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was installing plastic packing in a cooling tower when they disconnected their lanyard from the fall arrest system to untangle it. They fell approximately 15 feet to a guardrail station, and then another 7 feet to the lower concrete surface in the basin of the cooling tower. The employee sustained a fractured right femur, a concussion, and a collapsed lung.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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