Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 118887.015 - Employee fractures both ankles in fall off ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 118887.015 -- Report ID: 0552651 -- Event Date: 07/11/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1415195.015	07/16/2019		238220	Mechanical Piping And Plumbing Corp.

Abstract: At 11:00 a.m. on July 11, 2019, an employee working as a pipefitter for an pluming and HVAC contractor was standing approximately 4 feet up on a step ladder cutting braces under an expansion tank. A chain that was not completely secured to the tank fell and swung towards the employee when he cut the last brace. The employee either fell or jumped from ladder as a result and landed with one foot in an uncovered hole. The employee broke both ankles and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Ankle, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Brace, Broken Bone, Chain, Commercial Building, Construction, Cutting, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Falling Object, Foot, Fracture, Jump, Multi-employer Worksite, Multiemployer, Plumbing, Stepladder, Tank, Unsecured, Work Surface

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Other			1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1415195.015	58	M	Hospitalized injury		Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters	Distance of Fall: 4 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 4 feet Cause: Interior plumbing, ducting, electrical work Fatality Cause:

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