Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 109864.015 - Employee falls from ladder and fractures multiple ribs

Accident Summary Nr: 109864.015 -- Report ID: 0950631 -- Event Date: 07/09/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1329700.015	07/13/2018		238320	Power Maintenance Services, Inc.

Abstract: At 9:45 a.m. on July 9, 2018, an employee was working from an extension ladder to clean and prepare building fascia boards for painting. The ladder was set onto soft ground that created unstable conditions and as the employee climbed the ladder, the ladder began to tip to its right side and the employee fell sixteen feet. The employee was hospitalized for multiple rib fractures.

Keywords: Ascending, Cleaning, Climbing on Ladder, Extension Ladder, Fall, Fracture, Ladder, Rib, Unstable Soil, Unstable Surface

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1329700.015	38	M	Hospitalized injury		Painters, construction and maintenance

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