Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 120941.015 - Employee sustains multiple fractures in fall from ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 120941.015 -- Report ID: 0728900 -- Event Date: 10/14/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1437708.015	10/22/2019		238220	Xtreme Heating & Cooling Llc

Abstract: At 1:30 a.m. on October14, 2023, an employee working as an HVAC technician for a plumbing and heating contractor was installing rooftop HVAC units on a newly constructed storage facility. While the employee was descending the 32-foot Louisville fiberglass extension ladder, the ladder began to retract. As a result, the employee fell approximately 25 feet to the dirt ground below. The employee fractured four ribs, his pelvis and a vertebra and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Back, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Chest, Commercial Building, Construction, Descending, Extension Ladder, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Fracture, Hip, Installing, Ladder, Rib, Roof, Technician, Unsecured, Vertebra, Work Surface

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			1	25

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1437708.015	29	M	Hospitalized injury		Heating, air conditioning, and refrig. mechanics	Distance of Fall: 25 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 25 feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause:

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