Safety Alert
Fall from Equipment onto a Trailer Results in a Laceration
Fall from Equipment onto a Trailer Results in a Laceration
- IADC
- Safety Alert
- IADC Alert 14-28
- Slips, Trips and FallsWorking at Height
- Falls from heightSlips, trips and falls
- Working at height
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Summary
This alert describes an employee slipping while descending a substructure after removal of a toe extension for transport. He fell approximately 5 feet (1.5 m) to the ground, sustaining an armpit laceration requiring sutures. The account suggests he may have struck a keeper pin during the fall.
Classifications: Falls from height; fall from height.
Classifications: Slips, trips and falls; same-level falls.
Classifications: Working at height; work at height.
Summary
A person fell from equipment onto a trailer and sustained a laceration.
IADC Alert 14-28. Themes: slips, trips and falls, working at height.