Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 120619.015 - Employee suffers multiple fractures in fall from roof

Accident Summary Nr: 120619.015 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 10/05/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1436903.015	10/10/2019		448140	Nordstrom

Abstract: At 3:00 p.m. on October 5, 2019, an employee was removing a wasps nest on a roof. The employee began to repel down a 35 foot wall and forgot to take the slack out of the rope before descending over the edge. They fell approximately 35 feet to the concrete ground below and fractured their right elbow, left hand, pelvis, ribs, and vertebrae. The employee was hospitalized.

Keywords: Concrete Floor, Descending, Elbow, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fracture, Hand, Hoisting Mechanism, Pelvis, Rib, Roof, Rope, Vertebra, Wall

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1436903.015	39	M	Hospitalized injury

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