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Accident Summary Nr: 122513.015 - Employee fractures leg in fall when ladder sinks into hole

Accident Summary Nr: 122513.015 -- Report ID: 0950624 -- Event Date: 07/23/2019
Inspection NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
1418291.01507/26/2019111339Cipponeri Orchards, Llc

Abstract: At 9:00 a.m. on July 23, 2019, an employee was harvesting peaches when the orchard ladder's right side rail sunk into a subsurface gopher tunnel causing the employee to lose his balance. The employee fell to the ground and fractured his leg requiring hospitalization.

Keywords: Agriculture, Climbing on Ladder, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Farm, Fracture, Harvesting, Ladder, Leg, Lost Balance, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Orchard Ladder, Tunnel, Uneven Ground, Unstable Position, Unstable Soil, Unstable Surface, Work Surface

Employee Details
Employee # Inspection Nr Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation
1 1418291.015 56 M Hospitalized injury Farm workers

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