Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 119103.015 - Employee fractures back in fall while climbing down ladder f

Accident Summary Nr: 119103.015 -- Report ID: 0950411 -- Event Date: 07/29/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1424203.015	08/12/2019		447110	Pilot Travel Centers Llc

Abstract: At 10:30 a.m. on July 29, 2019, an employee had set up an extension ladder on a conex box in order to perform HVAC maintenance on a roof. When the employee tried to climb down the ladder, it slipped out from under him and he fell off roof. The employee broke his back and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Abrasion, Back, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Broke, Climbing on Ladder, Contusion, Descending, Descending Ladder, Extension Ladder, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Fracture, HVAC, Ladder, Maintenance, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Roof, Unstable Position, Unstable Surface, Work Surface

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1424203.015	50	M	Hospitalized injury		Heating, air conditioning, and refrig. mechanics

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