Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 119932.015 - Employee fractures heels in fall from ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 119932.015 -- Report ID: 0524500 -- Event Date: 09/11/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1431614.015	09/18/2019		424510	Hillsdale Elevator Company

Abstract: At 2:30 p.m. on September 11, 2019, an employee was inside a grain bin standing on an A-frame ladder scraping stuck grain off of the side of the bin with a long scraper. The employee lost his balance and jumped off of the ladder. The employee landed on his feet on the concrete surface but fractured both heels. He required hospitalization for treatment.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Concrete Surface, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Foot, Fracture, Grain, Grain Bin, Jump, Jumping, Ladder, Lost Balance, Reaching From Ladder, Scrape, Scraper

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1431614.015	54	M	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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