OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221441413
CIRQUE DU SOLEIL ORLANDO NEWCO LLC
LAKE BUENA VISTA, FL·
Event description
Employee falls, fractures skull, and lacerates forehead whe
Investigation abstract
At 7:30 p.m. on February 19, 2022, Employee #1, employed by a circus company, lost balance in a spinning cage apparatus while performing an act called the wheel of death. Employee fell out of his rotating cage and was struck by another cage that was also rotating resulting in a fractured skull and laceration to the forehead. The employee was hospitalized for treatment.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 25 M
- Event type
- 5
- Occupation code
- 194
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