Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 122054.015 - Employee fractures pelvis in fall from orchard ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 122054.015 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 07/15/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1417260.015	07/16/2019		115115	Mas Contracting Inc

Abstract: At 1:45 p.m. on July 15, 2019, and employee was standing on the 6th or 7th rung of an orchard ladder while carrying an approximate 25 pound bag of nectarines. As the employee reached up to pick fruit from the tree, she lost her balance and fell off the side of the ladder. The employee fractured her left sacral bone and her left, superior/inferior pubic rami and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Agriculture, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Broken Bone, Climbing on Ladder, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Farm, Fracture, Harvesting, Hip, Ladder, Lost Balance, Orchard Ladder, Pelvis, Tree, Unstable Position

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1417260.015	60	F	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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