REPUBLIC ROOFING & INSULATION CONTRACTORS LLC

Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway - Fractures - FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida

HOSPITALIZED, Worker hospitalized after incident at REPUBLIC ROOFING & INSULATION CONTRACTORS LLC in FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida
Employer REPUBLIC ROOFING & INSULATION CONTRACTORS LLC
Address 1450 LEE WAGNER BLVD., AVENGER FLIGHT GROUP
City, State ZIP FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida 33315
Report ID 2018099106
Event Date September 4, 2018
Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures
Body Part Leg(s), unspecified
Event Type Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
Source of Injury Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
Secondary Source Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
Industry (NAICS) 238160
Inspection # 1346923
GPS Coordinates 26.07000, -80.15000

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Incident Narrative

Two employees were working from an aerial lift to install insulation within the interior walls and roof of an aviation hangar. The lift operator drove it into an existing two-foot deep excavation causing the lift to tip over. Both employees fell out of the lift basket onto the concrete hangar floor. One employee was hospitalized for multiple leg fractures. Both employees were wearing a personal fall arrest system at the time of the incident.

Incident Summary

On September 4, 2018, a worker at REPUBLIC ROOFING & INSULATION CONTRACTORS LLC in FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida suffered fractures to the leg(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway, with aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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