Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 122823.015 - Employee fractures ribs and vertebra in fall from ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 122823.015 -- Report ID: 0950623 -- Event Date: 11/05/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1447611.015	11/26/2019		561730	Reliable Truck Repair Inc.

Abstract: At 5:00 p.m. on November 5, 2019, an employee working as a Laborer for a landscaping company was working from a 24-foot extension ladder trimming branches from an oak tree. The employee had cut a branch and as the branch was falling to the ground it struck the ladder. The employee fell an unknown distance landing on the branches at ground level. The employee fractured his ribs and sustained compression fractures to his T9 and T10 vertebras, requiring hospitalization.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Cutting, Extension Ladder, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Falling Object, Fracture, Laborer, Ladder, Landscaping, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Tree, Tree Limb, Tree Trimming, Vertebra

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1447611.015	42	M	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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