Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 114858.015 - Employee falls from stepladder and fractures skull

Accident Summary Nr: 114858.015 -- Report ID: 0523300 -- Event Date: 03/21/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1388905.015	03/28/2019		238990	J.N.B. Signs, Inc.

Abstract: At 9:30 a.m. on March 21, 2019, Employee #1, employed by a sign company, was installing a sign on the exterior of a commercial building. The weather was windy. He set up a 10-foot A-frame stepladder with two feet on pavement and two feet on an uneven, sloping, landscaped rock surface. The employee ascended to the top of the ladder, where he positioned himself with one foot on a rung and the other foot on the ladder's rear bracing. The strong winds caused the panel being installed to move, which caused the employee to also shift. The employee's movement, combined with the ladder's position on an uneven surface, caused the ladder to tip over. The employee fell and struck his head on the surface. Emergency services transported the employee to the hospital, where he was admitted for treatment of a fractured skull.

Keywords: Blunt force trauma, Construction, Fall, Fall Protection, Fracture, Installing, Lost Balance, Overturn, Skull, Stepladder, Uneven Ground, Unstable Position, Unstable Surface, Windy, Work Rules

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation				14

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1388905.015	40	M	Hospitalized injury		Installers And Repairers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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