Accident Report Detail

Accident: 116516.015 - Employee Falls From Ladder, Fractures Skull And Ribs

**Accident: 116516.015 -- Report ID: 0830100 -- Event Date: 05/20/2019**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1403278.015	05/23/2019		Mw Plumbing Llc

At 2:30 p.m. on May 20, 2019, Employee #1, employed by a plumbing company, was w orking at the employer's facility. He was using a ladder to reach for a metal b asket on an elevated shelf when he fell, a fall height of 11 feet, and struck th e concrete floor. The employee was transported to the hospital, where he was ad mitted for treatment of a fractured skull and multiple fractured ribs.

Keywords: blunt force trauma, concrete, construction, fall, fall protection, fracture, head, ladder, rib, skull, struck against

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	1403278.015	55	M	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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