Incident
Fall From Height
Date of incident
2020-07-30
Location of incident
Norfolk United Kingdom
Age of impacted party
19
Outcome
Serious Injury
Type of incident
Fall from height
Type of equipment involved
Lanyard
Type of injury
Bone fracture
Bodily injury to
Upper limb
Action taken
Onsite Medical Professional assistance
Involvement of contributor
Worker performing task
Weather
Sunny/mostly sunny
Causes of the incident
Complacency
Description of incident
Break of sizeable dead branch leading to fall from 3m resulting in a broken wrist.
Contributing factors
Complacency with anchor selection.
Incident review and preventative measures
To follow updated HsE guidelines and use two suitable anchors at all times.
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