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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #884585

FRACTURE,PARALYSIS,FALL,ELEVATED WORK PLAT,WORK PLATFORM

Event
FRACTURE,PARALYSIS,FALL,ELEVATED WORK PLAT,WORK PLATFORM
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
884585
Report ID
953220

Event description

FALL FROM WORK PLATFORM RESULTS IN FRACTURE AND PARALYSIS

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was riding on the platform level of a mobile work platform 15 feet a bove the ground. The mobile work platform, which was being used as a vantage poi nt for taking photos, was moving on the uneven putting green area of the Las Veg as Hilton third floor pool deck. As the mobile work platform was being moved in a westerly direction it traversed a 50 degree incline causing Employee #1 to fal l 22 feet to a concrete surface. Employee #1 suffered fractures and paralysis as a result of the fall.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 35 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    3
    Event type
    5
    Source
    42
    Occupation code
    189
    Human factor
    10
    Environmental factor
    13
    Task assigned
    1

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