| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-07-16 | Moorhead | Mississippi | JESCO, INC. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
| Two employees were working on a roof above 20 feet, both tied off. Work was also being done about 60 feet above them, and debris from that work was striking the employees. The employees detached their lanyards and got closer to the edge of the roof to get the attention of the employees who were blowing the debris down onto them. One of the employees fell from the roof to the concrete about 14 feet below, breaking ribs and his arm. | |||||
| 2018-06-25 | Ms State Univ | Mississippi | Los Primoz | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| Two employees fell while installing second-floor decking. One employee fell approximately 10 feet to the deck below and sustained facial lacerations and fractured the C7 vertebra requiring surgery and hospitalization. The second employee sustained a muscle strain and bruising on the chest, shoulder and back from the retractable lanyard. Both employees were wearing retractable lanyards at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2017-03-14 | Tinker Afb | Oklahoma | U.S. DEPT OF DEFENSE, TINKER AIR FORCE BASE | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
| An employee was walking on the wing of a B-1B bomber preparing it for painting. The employee slipped and fell off the aircraft wing tip to the floor 14 feet below. The employee was wearing a body harness, but it was not attached to the overhead lanyards. The employee suffered a left knee fracture and compressed disc. | |||||
| 2016-07-18 | Nashville | Illinois | Henkels & McCoy, Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
| Two employees were working in a lift bucket truck cleaning a cross arm when the boom failed and the bucket hit the truck. One employee remained in the bucket and the other was thrown out of the bucket. Both employees were attached to the bucket with harnesses and lanyards. One employee received a broken rib and bruising. | |||||