Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 123346.015 - Employee fractures skull, ribs in fall from aluminum ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 123346.015 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 01/16/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1457383.015	01/22/2020		115115	T. Bell Detasseling Llc

Abstract: At 1:30 p.m. on January 16, 2020, an employee was working from a 20 foot aluminum ladder installing faced batt insulation above a 14 foot overhead door. The ladder began to slide on the gritty cement floor and struck a dryer sitting behind it causing the ladder to bend. The employee fell from the ladder to the concrete floor below and fractured his ribs and skull, requiring hospitalization.

Keywords: Chest, Concrete Floor, Defect, Defective, Defective Equipment, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Fracture, Inspection, Installing, Ladder, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Rib, Sand, Skull, Slippery Surface, Training, Unstable Position, Work Surface

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1457383.015	55	M	Hospitalized injury		Occupation not reported

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