Accident Report Detail

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 Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1418291.015	07/26/2019		111339	Cipponeri 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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