Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 117412.015 - Employee Falls From Ladder, Incurs Two Leg Fractures

Accident Summary Nr: 117412.015 -- Report ID: 0214200 -- Event Date: 06/02/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1370627.015	01/03/2019		238290	Aspinterlock, Inc

Abstract: At 11:00 a.m. on June 2, 2019, Employee #1 was working from a 10-foot Michigan w ooden a-frame stepladder and testing security cable lines with a testing device. The ladder was not stable, causing the employee to lose balance and falling ap proximately 8 feet. The employee was transported to the hospital and admitted f or treatment of two compound fractures to the left leg that required surgery.

Keywords: blunt force trauma, compound fracture, construction, equipment failure, fall, fall protection, inspecting, leg, lost balance, stepladder, unstable position

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1370627.015	41	M	Hospitalized injury		Communications equipment operators, n.e.c.

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