Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 121490.015 - Employee suffers head trauma in fall from ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 121490.015 -- Report ID: 0950624 -- Event Date: 06/17/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1410271.015	06/21/2019		541330	Don Chapin Company, Inc.

Abstract: At 9:35 a.m. on June 17, 2019, an employee was assisting welders with modifications being made to concrete batch plant. The employee was standing half way up on an eight foot step ladder when he reached out to hand something to the welders and fell from the ladder approximately five feet to the ground. When the employee hit the ground he hit his head on concrete surface he fell onto. The employee was hospitalized to treat the head trauma.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Climbing on Ladder, Fall, Head, Reaching, Stepladder

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Contractor's yard/facility		Alteration or rehabilitation			0	5

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1410271.015	60	M	Hospitalized injury		Welders and cutters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause:

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