Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221442684

NEMA 3 ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS

Event
Aerial Lift, Back, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Lighting
NAICS
238210
Inspection type
Referral
Activity number
#345803258
Employer profile
NEMA 3 ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS
Summary number
221442684
Report ID
0626300

Event description

Employee falls in lift and injures back

Investigation abstract

At 10:00 a.m. on February 21, 2022, an employee changed lights on a light pole in a lift. At some point, the lift fell approximately twenty feet and the employee injured his back. The employee was taken to the hospital and admitted for treatment.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 42 M

    Event type
    5

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