OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221383839

CROWN ELECTRIC ENGINEERING AND MANUFACTURING, LLC

PORTLAND, MO· 2021-05-14T00:00:00

Event: Back, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Broken, Broken Bone, Chest, Climbing, Concrete Surface, Concussion, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Fracture, Head, Inexperience, Laceration, Ladder, Lost Control, Machine Shop, Neck, Pelvis, Rib, Scaffold, Scaffolding, Spine, Sprain, Strain, Tailbone, Vertebra
NAICS: 332710
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345325807
Employer profile: CROWN ELECTRIC ENGINEERING AND MANUFACTURING, LLC
Summary number: 221383839
Report ID: 0729300
Project type: C
Construction end-use: F

Event description

Employee sustains multiple blunt trauma in fall off scaffold

Investigation abstract

At 1:15 p.m. on May 14, 2021, an employee working for a machine shop was climbing a 28 foot ladder to access a scaffold system. The employee climbed to approximately 25 feet and started to begin the transition to step on the scaffold when he lost his grip and fell to the concrete pavement. The employee was hospitalized to treat a broken pelvis and tailbone and fractures to his neck, back, vertebrae and ribs.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 25 M

Event type
5

Fall distance
28

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