OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221422868

QUALITY ERECTORS & SHEETERS, INC.

COTTAGE GROVE, WI· 2021-12-22T00:00:00

Event: Aerial Lift, Ceiling, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fracture, Gate, Installing, Laceration, Lung, Metal, Vertebra
NAICS: 238120
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345703540
Employer profile: QUALITY ERECTORS & SHEETERS, INC.
Summary number: 221422868
Report ID: 0523300
Project type: A
Construction end-use: C

Event description

Employee falls from aerial lift, receives fractures to verte

Investigation abstract

At 1:20 p.m. on December 22, 2021, an employee worked from an aerial lift to install a metal ceiling. At some point, the employee leaned against the door gate of the lift while working, the gate gave way, and the employee fell approximately eight feet. The employee was hospitalized to treat fractures to two lumbar vertebrae and lung lacerations.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 30 M

Event type
5

Fall distance
8

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