Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 120852.015 - Employee crushes kidneys, fractures ribs and wrist in fall

Accident Summary Nr: 120852.015 -- Report ID: 0950612 -- Event Date: 10/14/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1438720.015	10/17/2019		238160	Klt Properties Llc

Abstract: At 3:25 p.m. on October 14, 2019, an employee working as a plumber for a roofing contractor was working on a residential construction site. The site was a new farmhouse addition being built onto the personal home of a coworker (company owner). The employee is a direct employee of the employer and was performing maintenance work at the jobsite. The walls had been erected the roof installed. The employee standing on a ladder when he fell at least 7 ? feet to a plywood floor below. The employee hospitalized to treat a fractured wrist, ribs and crushed kidneys.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Chest, Construction, Crushed, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Fracture, Injury Illness Prevention Program, Internal Injuries, Kidney, Ladder, Maintenance, Material Handling, Plumbing, Residential Construction, Rib, Wrist

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Alteration or rehabilitation			2	27

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1438720.015	38	M	Hospitalized injury		Plumbers, Pipefitters, & Steamfitters	Distance of Fall: 8 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 8 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause:

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