Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 116868.015 - Employee breaks leg after fall from ladder onto pipe in pit

Accident Summary Nr: 116868.015 -- Report ID: 0830500 -- Event Date: 05/31/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1405990.015	06/04/2019		561320	Mountain Temp Services, Llc

Abstract: At 8:15 a.m. on May 31, 2019, an employee and a coworker were preparing to clean an elevator shaft pit prior to installation of elevator doors. The employee started into the pit descending on a step ladder with legs that had not been spread or locked. The employee fell from the ladder onto a steel pipe at bottom of approximately 4 to 5 foot deep pit. The employee fractured his right femur and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Cleaning, Construction, Elevator Shaft, Fall, Fall Protection, Fracture, Ladder, Leg, Multi-employer Worksite, Multiemployer, Pipe, Pit, Steel, Stepladder, Struck Against, Temporary Employment Agency, Temporary Worker, Training

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Alteration or rehabilitation			2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1405990.015	74	M	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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