Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 119192.015 - Employee falls from a ladder, breaks bones

Accident Summary Nr: 119192.015 -- Report ID: 0552652 -- Event Date: 08/08/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1424773.015	08/22/2019		111422	Walters Gardens Inc

Abstract: At 8:30 p.m. on August 8, 2019, an employee was troubleshooting a Visser watering boom. The employee did not activate the emergency stop, and when the fix was conducted, the watering boom started to move, knocking the employee off the ladder he was working on to the concrete floor. The employee was hospitalized to treat a broken left wrist and a compression fracture to the L1 vertebrae.

Keywords: Broken, Broken Bone, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fracture, Ladder, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Vertebra, Wrist

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1424773.015	36	M	Hospitalized injury		Machinery maintenance occupations

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