Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 114376.015 - Employee falls with falling ladder and breaks leg

Accident Summary Nr: 114376.015 -- Report ID: 0316100 -- Event Date: 12/05/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1367390.015	12/17/2018		236210	Power Component Systems, Inc.

Abstract: At 1:00 p.m. on December 5, 2018, Employee #1, employed by a construction company, was engaged in interior rehabilitation work at a hospital. He was climbing up a ladder when the ladder shifted. The ladder fell, and the employee - caught in the ladder - fell with it. The employee was hospitalized for treatment of a fractured right leg.

Keywords: Blunt force trauma, Caught In, Climbing on Ladder, Construction, Fall, Fall Protection, Falling Object, Fracture, Leg, Maintenance, Rehabilitation, Renovation, Repair, Unsecured, Unstable Position

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Alteration or rehabilitation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1367390.015	35	M	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior masonry Fatality Cause:

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