Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 120621.015 - Employee fractures bones after fall from ladder to concrete

Accident Summary Nr: 120621.015 -- Report ID: 0454711 -- Event Date: 09/22/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1437086.015	10/10/2019		712130	Memphis Zoo, Inc.

Abstract: At 8:30 a.m. on September 22, 2019, an employee was starting to climb down a ladder from the top of a building when he lost his grip and fell approximately 14 feet. The employee fractured a rib, ankle and vertebra after landing on the concrete walkway and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Ankle, Back, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Concrete, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Fixed Ladder, Fracture, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Pavement, Rib, Roof, Vertebra, Work Surface

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1437086.015	67	M	Hospitalized injury		Animal caretakers, except farm

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