Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 111789.015 - Employee falls from ladder and fractures back

Accident Summary Nr: 111789.015 -- Report ID: 0950615 -- Event Date: 12/07/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1365788.015	12/12/2018		238160	B M Lynn Painting Inc.

Abstract: At 2:00 p.m. on December 7, 2018, Employee #1, employed by a painting company, was painting a gutter at a multifamily residential structure. He was working from an unsecured extension ladder propped against the exterior wall when he fell, a fall height of approximately 20 feet. The ladder also fell. Emergency services transported the employee to the hospital, where he was admitted and underwent surgery for a fractured lower back.

Keywords: Back, Extension Ladder, Fall, Fall Protection, Falling Object, Fracture, Paint, Painter, Residential Construction, Spine, Unsecured, Vertebra

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Maintenance or repair			2	20

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1365788.015	20	M	Hospitalized injury		Painters, sculptors, craft-artists & printmakers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior painting Fatality Cause:

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