Watkins & Williams Contractors
Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet — Fractures — BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA
| Employer | Watkins & Williams Contractors | Report ID | 2017077059 |
| Address | 7711 Perkins Rd. | City, State ZIP | BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA 70809 |
| Event Date | July 27, 2017 | Outcome | Hospitalized |
| Nature of Injury | Fractures | Body Part | Hip(s) |
| Event Type | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet | Source of Injury | Scaffolds-staging, unspecified |
| Industry (NAICS) | 238140 | Inspection # | 1270938 |
| GPS Coordinates | 30.39000, -91.10000 | ||
Incident Narrative
An employee was assembling a scaffold and fell approximately 12 feet resulting in a left hip fracture and a right shoulder contusion. A harness was not worn at the time of the incident.
Incident Summary
On July 27, 2017, a worker at Watkins & Williams Contractors in BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA suffered fractures to the hip(s). The incident was classified as other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet, with scaffolds-staging, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.
Context
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