Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 121512.015 - Employee suffers multiple fractures in fall from ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 121512.015 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 10/30/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1443303.015	11/07/2019		531110	Midstates Development Inc

Abstract: At 4:30 p.m. on October 30, 2019, an employee was working as a laborer for a firm that leased residential buildings and dwellings. He was installing air conditioner covers. He had climbed a 20-foot long (6.1 meter long) extension ladder to install a cover on one air conditioner. As the employee was coming back down the ladder, he slipped. He fell approximately 10 feet (3.0 meters) to the ground below. The employee suffered a fractured pelvis, a fractured rib, fractured vertebrae, and a fracture of his right wrist. He was hospitalized.

Keywords: Air Conditioner, Descending Ladder, Extension Ladder, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fracture, Ladder, Maintenance, Pelvis, Rib, Slip, Vertebra, Wrist

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1443303.015	59	M	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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