Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 110846.015 - Employee fractures both feet in fall from ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 110846.015 -- Report ID: 0523900 -- Event Date: 10/31/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1359244.015	11/07/2018		423730	Kurth Sheet Metal Inc.

Abstract: At 4:30 p.m. on October 31, 2018, Employee #1, an HVAC worker, was on the third rung from the top of a 12-foot stepladder. The employee was reaching up to clip a wire tie while he was roughing in a heating and air conditioning system. As he reached, he felt the ladder start to tip, so he jumped off of the ladder to avoid falling to the ground. Employee #1 landed on the concrete floor on both feet. He broke his left heel in five places and his right heel in three places. Surgery was required to repair both heels, and the employee was hospitalized.

Keywords: Concrete Slab, Fall, Foot, Fracture, HVAC, Stepladder

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1359244.015	25	M	Hospitalized injury

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