OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221397755

WINBCO TANK COMPANY

CRAIG, MO· 2021-09-24T00:00:00

Event: Aerial Lift, Aerial Truck, Basket, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Broke, Concrete Slab, Concrete Surface, Cutting, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Fracture, Ground, Guardrail, Incorrect Equipment, Lanyard, Leg, Lost Balance, Metal, Metal Rail, Platform, Raised platform, Removal, Removing, Shear, Sheared, Tank, Work Surface, Wrong Equipment
NAICS: 332420
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345558175
Employer profile: WINBCO TANK COMPANY
Summary number: 221397755
Report ID: 0728500

Event description

Employee fractures leg in fall from lift, later requires sur

Investigation abstract

At 10:15 a.m. on September 24, 2021, an employee working for a metal tank requiring surgery. manufacturer was removing a platform from a portion of a metal tank. The employee was cutting one of the support brackets when it came loose and swung outward causing the employee to lose his balance. The employee was wearing fall protection in the form of a retractable lanyard that was positioned over the railing of a aerial lift basket. During his fall, the rail created a shear point causing the retractable lanyard to snap. This caused the employee to fall approximately 12 feet, impacting the concrete platform supporting the tank and the ground below. The employee was hospitalized to treat a fractured right leg,

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 30 M

Event type
5

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