Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 116365.015 - Employee incurs multiple injuries in fall from ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 116365.015 -- Report ID: 0418100 -- Event Date: 05/15/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1401980.015	05/20/2019		238160	Prosperity Construction Llc

Abstract: At 1:00 p.m. on May 15, 2019, Employee #1, employed by a roofing contractor, was engaged in maintenance/repair work at a two-story residential structure. He was climbing a ladder to check where he needed to install some strips that had been painted. The ladder slipped and the employee fell, a fall height of 20 feet, and struck the top of the air conditioner unit. The employee was transported to the hospital and admitted for treatment of multiple fractured ribs and vertebrae, and contusions to other bones and areas.

Keywords: Air Conditioner, Blunt force trauma, Broken Bone, Climbing on Ladder, Contusion, Fall, Fall Protection, Fracture, Installing, Residential Construction, Rib, Roof, Slip, Struck Against, 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	1401980.015	40	M	Hospitalized injury		Roof Repar: Shingle	Distance of Fall: 20 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 20 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause:

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