Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 100266.015 - Employee falls from ladder and fractures neck and back

Accident Summary Nr: 100266.015 -- Report ID: 0316100 -- Event Date: 10/03/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1268544.015	10/03/2017		238160	J.S. Wagner Company, Inc.

Abstract: At 10:30 a.m. on October 3, 2017, Employee #1, employed by a roofing company, was working at a multiemployer construction site, a commercial building. He was standing backward on a 6-foot stepladder and taking measurements for coping to be affixed to a wall cap. He turned to his left in preparation for descending, and the ladder's rear footers slipped off the top step of a platform. Employee #1 fell, a fall height of 9 feet. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transported to the hospital. He was admitted and treated for fractures to multiple neck and back vertebrae.

Keywords: Back, Construction, Fall, Fall Protection, Fracture, Neck, Stepladder, Unsecured, Unstable Position, Vertebra

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition				9

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1268544.015	53	M	Hospitalized injury		Roofers	Distance of Fall: 9 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 9 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause:

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