Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 115072.015 - Employee falls when ladder tips over, receives open fracture

Accident Summary Nr: 115072.015 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 10/18/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1365309.015	12/11/2018		238130	Framing Expert

Abstract: At 2:00 p.m. on October 18, 2018, an employee carried a four-foot-by-four-foot sheet of plywood up a twelve-foot ladder at a residential construction site. While ascending the ladder, the ladder tipped over and the employee fell approximately ten feet to the ground with the plywood landing on top of the employee. The employee was hospitalized to treat an open fracture to the right shin (tibia).

Keywords: Ascending, Climbing on Ladder, Fall, Falling Object, Fracture, Ladder, Leg, Plywood, Tibia

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition			1	12

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1365309.015	37	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: 10 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 12 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause:

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