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Report: Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet at Newton Welding Services, Inc. in Hutchins, Texas
DATE: 07/15/19
An employee was installing steel decking to the roof a warehouse while standing on a roof truss. The employee lost his footing and fell. He was wearing personal fall protection which included a full body harness, a D-ring extension, a retractable lanyard, and a beam anchor clamp. After falling approximately 21 feet, the retractable device caught and stopped his fall but then the D-ring extensions threading failed and it broke. The employee then free-fell approximately 27 feet to the concrete floor. The employee was hospitalized with injuries including: the right knee shattered into twenty pieces, the right leg fractured in three places, fractures to the front of the skull/forehead, a broken nose, five teeth knocked out, and numerous facial lacerations.
| Report ID |
2019077130 |
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| Date |
07/15/2019 |
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| UPA |
1476873 |
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| Inspection |
1416338 |
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| Primary NAICS |
238120 |
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| Nature |
1839 |
Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. |
| Part of Body |
899 |
Multiple body parts, n.e.c. |
| Source |
6552 |
Roof trusses, joists |
| Secondary Source |
6629 |
Floor, n.e.c. |
| Event |
4337 |
Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet |
| Hospitalized |
Yes |
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| Amputation |
No |
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