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Selective Demolition, LLC

Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet — Fractures — WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Selective Demolition, LLC in WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Employer Selective Demolition, LLC Report ID 2018032588
Address 555 13th. St., NW City, State ZIP WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 20004
Event Date March 15, 2018 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures Body Part Lumbar region
Event Type Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet Source of Injury Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 238990 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 38.89000, -77.02000

Incident Narrative

An employee was helping to load a dump truck with construction debris when, unbeknownst to him, another employee lowered the truck's lift gate. When he attempted to walk backward out of the truck, the lift gate was no longer there to support him and he fell 3.5 feet to the lift gate below, fracturing his L1, L2, and L3 vertebrae.

Incident Summary

On March 15, 2018, a worker at Selective Demolition, LLC in WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA suffered fractures to the lumbar region. The incident was classified as other fall to lower level less than 6 feet, with truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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