Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 109693.015 - Employee falls from ladder into stairwell and fractures ankl

Accident Summary Nr: 109693.015 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 09/10/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1347513.015	09/18/2018		423610	Kps Fire Sprinklers, Inc.

Abstract: At 9:00 a.m. on September 10, 2018, an employee was installing a fire sprinkler system on the second floor of a new residential home. The employee was standing on a 6 foot ladder and leaned his foot onto a low wall approximately 3 feet high that was not secured. The employee fell from the ladder and into a stairwell when the wall gave way, fracturing his right ankle. The employee was hospitalized.

Keywords: Ankle, Fall, Fracture, Installing, Ladder, Stair

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition			2	11

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1347513.015	42	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fireproofing Fatality Cause:

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