Accident Report Detail
Accident Summary Nr: 122834.015 - Employee suffers multiple injuries in fall from fixed ladder
Inspection Nr | Date Opened | SIC | NAICS | Establishment Name |
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1417230.015 | 07/22/2019 | 561730 | Roger K. Olsen, Inc. |
Abstract: At 12:00 noon on July 2, 2019, an employee, a senior plumber, was assigned to replumb the piping system inside an underground water vault. The employee and his assistant coworker when to a private residence to put in the anchor hangers for the pipes. The employee was descending the 10 foot fixed ladder in a 10 foot by 20 foot vault when his hand slipped and he fell and landed on his chest on the water pump motor. The employee was hospitalized to treat a collapse lung and fractured ribs.
End Use | Project Type | Project Cost | Stories | Non-building Height | Fatality | ||
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Other building | Maintenance or repair | 0 | 10 |
Employee # | Inspection Nr | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation | Construction |
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1 | 1417230.015 | 66 | M | Hospitalized injury | Plumber, pipefitter and steamfiter apprentices | Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Landscaping Fatality Cause: |