OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221404593

CK GREENHOUSES, INC.

CHESHIRE, CT· 2021-10-21T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Caught In, Clothing, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fracture, Leg, Maintenance, Repair, Rotating Shaft, Scissor lift, Ventilation
NAICS: 111422
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345593552
Employer profile: CK GREENHOUSES, INC.
Summary number: 221404593
Report ID: 0111500

Event description

Employee fractures leg in fall from scissor lift

Investigation abstract

At 11:51 a.m. on October 21, 2021, an employee was working from a Condor V1833XL scissor lift that was elevated 18 feet from the ground to replace a bolt in the drive shaft of a vertical vent in a greenhouse. The employee was replacing the bolt when his shirt got caught in the rotating drive shaft causing him to fall from the scissor lift. The employee was hospitalized to treat a fractured right leg.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 54 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
889

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