Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company

Other fall to lower level, unspecified — Fractures — FORT WORTH, TEXAS

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company in FORT WORTH, TEXAS
Employer Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company Report ID 2021119937
Address 1 Lockheed Boulevard City, State ZIP FORT WORTH, TEXAS 76108
Event Date November 16, 2021 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures Body Part Elbow(s)
Event Type Other fall to lower level, unspecified Source of Injury Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
Secondary Source Nonclassifiable
Industry (NAICS) 336412 Inspection #
GPS Coordinates 32.76000, -97.44000

Incident Narrative

On November 16, 2021, an employee was standing on a work platform to clean out an equipment bay on the side of on an aircraft. The employee walked across the platform to retrieve equipment and stepped off an area of the platform that was unprotected due to a retracted slide out. His elbow struck the work platform, resulting in an elbow fracture that required surgery and hospitalization.

Incident Summary

On November 16, 2021, a worker at Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company in FORT WORTH, TEXAS suffered fractures to the elbow(s). The incident was classified as other fall to lower level, unspecified, with scaffolds-staging, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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