OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221444318

ACEVEDO COASTER REPAIR, LLC.

KEMAH, TX· 2022-01-24T00:00:00

Event: Amuse Park/Carnival, Amusement Park/Carnival, Amusement Ride, Assembling, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Carpenter, Engineering Controls, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Fracture, Harness, Hip, Lack of Engineering Controls, Leg, Load Shift, Lumber Stack, Maintenance, Multi-employer Worksite, Multiemployer, Repair, Struck Against, Tie-Off, Wood Board
NAICS: 713990
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345746895
Employer profile: ACEVEDO COASTER REPAIR, LLC.
Summary number: 221444318
Report ID: 0626700

Event description

Employee fractures hip and leg in fall from roller coaster

Investigation abstract

At 1:00 p.m. on January 24, 2022, an employee was stacking lumber on the lift hill of a coaster track. The employee unhooked from his safety line and leaned against a pile of lumber when it shifted causing him to fall approximately 35 to 40 feet to the track below. The employee incurred multiple fractures and was hospitalized.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 43 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
7004

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