Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 122834.015 - Employee suffers multiple injuries in fall from fixed ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 122834.015 -- Report ID: 0950614 -- Event Date: 07/02/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
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.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Chest, Collapsed lung, Descending Ladder, Electric Motor, Fall, Fixed Ladder, Fracture, Plumbing, Pump, Rib, Slip, Water Pipe

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Maintenance or repair			0	10

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
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:

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