Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 123046.015 - Employee fractures ribs in fall from grade to basement floor

Accident Summary Nr: 123046.015 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 07/15/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1439500.015	10/08/2019		561710	Providing Exterminating Solutions Today, Inc.

Abstract: At 10:30 a.m. on July 15, 2019, an employee was preparing to clear a residential house for occupancy after it had been fumigated for pests over the previous two days. The employee entered the house and did not see that the hatch door to the basement was open. While walking through the hallway the employee stepped through the hatch and fell approximately 10 feet to the basement floor. The employee incurred fractured ribs, contusions and bruises to his abdomen, requiring hospitalization.

Keywords: Abdomen, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Building, Concrete, Contusion, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fracture, Hatch, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Obstructed Egress, Obstructed View, Rib, Walking Surface, Work Surface

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1439500.015	55	M	Hospitalized injury		Pest control occupations

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