Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 122665.015 - Employee fractures arm in fall from unsecured ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 122665.015 -- Report ID: 0636900 -- Event Date: 12/17/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1452269.015	12/19/2019		238220	Venture Mechanical, Inc.

Abstract: At 2:30 p.m. on December 17, 2019, an employee working as a HVAC insulator for an HVAC and plumbing contractor on a commercial project was inventorying insulation. The employee was working from an extension ladder that was not extended or secured properly causing him to fall to the concrete floor below. The employee fractured his right arm and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Arm, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Concrete, Concrete Floor, Construction, Extension Ladder, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Fracture, HVAC, Installing, Insufficient Supervision, Insulation, Insulator, Ladder, Supervision, Unsecured

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation			1	10

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Construction
1	1452269.015	21	F	Hospitalized injury		Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior plumbing, ducting, electrical work Fatality Cause:

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