OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221371396

NICOLON CORPORATION

PENDERGRASS, GA· 2021-07-04T00:00:00

Event: Aerial Lift, Aerial Truck, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Broken Bone, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Fibula, Fracture, Ground, Harness, Jump, Jumping, Leg, Malfunction, Material Handling, Mech Malfunction, Mill--Plant, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Painter, Painting, Tibia, Warehouse
NAICS: 313210
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345414858
Employer profile: NICOLON CORPORATION
Summary number: 221371396
Report ID: 0418100

Event description

Employee fractures fibula and tibia when jumping from articu

Investigation abstract

At 11:45 a.m. on July 4, 2021, an employee working as a painter for a fabric mill was painting the warehouse. The employee was working from an articulating boom that ran out of gas with the employee stuck approximately 9 feet in the air. The employee removed his harness and attempted to jump to the gravel ground below. The employee hit the ground hard and was hospitalized to treat a broken fibula and tibia.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 45 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
579

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