OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221393366

ALO-CINEMA ONE INSTALLERS, INC.

PLAINVILLE, CT· 2021-08-27T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Broken, Broken Bone, Cable, Concrete Floor, Elevated Work Platform, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Fracture, Hip, Installing, Lanyard, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Platform, Raised platform, Safety Device, Steel Worker, Tailbone, Tie-Off, Warehouse, Work Surface
NAICS: 493110
Inspection type: Planned
Activity number: #345510275
Employer profile: ALO-CINEMA ONE INSTALLERS, INC.
Summary number: 221393366
Report ID: 0112000
Project type: A
Construction end-use: C

Event description

Employee breaks tailbone, hip in fall from elevated platform

Investigation abstract

At 1:45 p.m. on August 27, 2021, an employee working as a structural steel worker for a warehouse facility was installing reinforcing cables to an automated racking system without using the provided fall protection. The employee walked off the unprotected platform. The employee was provided with fall protection to include a dual lanyard. The employee did not tie off, lost situational awareness and walked off the platform falling 18 feet. The employee was hospitalized to treat a broken tailbone from impact with the concrete floor.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 19 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
7051

Fall distance
18

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