Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 120315.015 - Employee injures back after falling from ladder to concrete

Accident Summary Nr: 120315.015 -- Report ID: 0830500 -- Event Date: 09/24/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1434630.015	09/27/2019		423330	Pacific Sheet Metal, Inc.

Abstract: At 10:00 a.m. on September 24, 2019, an employee who worked for a sheet metal supplier was working from an extension ladder when he fell to the concrete patio floor. There were no witnesses and no further details are known. The ladder may have kicked out from under him. The employee may have fractured one or more vertebrae and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Back, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Extension Ladder, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Fracture, Ladder, Sheet Metal, Unstable Position, Vertebra, Work Surface

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Maintenance or repair			1	11

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1434630.015	49	M	Hospitalized injury		Roof Repair: Sheet Metal	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause:

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