Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at CCA MIDWEST, INC., 14014 South Sheridan Trail, HOMER GLEN, ILLINOIS 60491
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
Final narrative
On September 15, 2021, at approximately 8:15 a.m. an employee was driving an aerial lift when the bottom of the front basket caught the edge of a B-Box water flow control valve. The employee continued to raise the aerial lift until the B-Box valve broke and the employee was ejected out of the aerial lift basket onto the front edge of the home's concrete slab. The employee fell 6 feet and was hospitalized for a severe neck injury.
HospitalizedNeck, except internal location of diseases or disordersAerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
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