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J W Walker & Sons, Inc.

Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet — Fractures — MIDDLETOWN, DELAWARE

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at J W Walker & Sons, Inc. in MIDDLETOWN, DELAWARE
Employer J W Walker & Sons, Inc. Report ID 2017076142
Address 210 Cleaver Farm Road City, State ZIP MIDDLETOWN, DELAWARE 19709
Event Date July 5, 2017 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures Body Part Pelvis
Event Type Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet Source of Injury Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
Secondary Source Structural elements, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 238140 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 39.45000, -75.70000

Incident Narrative

An employee was dismantling scaffolding. The employee raised a platform section from the lowest position (at four feet high) up to approximately eight feet in order to access and unbolt the top tower section to take it down. The employee removed the four corner bolts holding the section in place then proceeded to climb back down. The employee inadvertently grabbed the unbolted tower section while attempting to climb back down and it fell onto the employee pushing the employee off the platform approximately eight feet to a compacted stone parking lot surface. The employee sustained a fractured pelvis, a head laceration, and contusions and abrasions.

Incident Summary

On July 5, 2017, a worker at J W Walker & Sons, Inc. in MIDDLETOWN, DELAWARE suffered fractures to the pelvis. The incident was classified as other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet, with scaffolds-staging, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

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