Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 119215.015 - Employee incurs multiple injuries in fall from extension lad

Accident Summary Nr: 119215.015 -- Report ID: 0524700 -- Event Date: 08/21/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1425454.015	08/21/2019		238140	Jim Kocon Masonry, Inc

Abstract: At 11:35 a.m. on August 21, 2019, an employee was climbing an extension ladder with two stones to place on the scaffold so other employees could use the stones to finish an outside pavilion chimney. The employee fell while carrying two cylinder blocks up a 24-foot fiber glass extension ladder to the scaffolding, when the spine of the ladder fractured and bowed, causing the employee to fall to the ground below. Emergency services were notified and arrived to take the employee from the work site to a nearby hospital, where he was life-flighted to Metro Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio. He remained in this hospital for a few days and was released. The employee sustained six broken ribs and a broken right wrist, resulting in a hospitalization of more than 2 days.

Keywords: Broken Bone, Extension Ladder, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Ladder, Rib, Scaffold, Wrist

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition			1	13

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1425454.015	42	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: 13 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 13 feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause:

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