Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 124467.015 - Employee falls from ladder and fractures skull and ribs

Accident Summary Nr: 124467.015 -- Report ID: 0729300 -- Event Date: 02/27/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1466799.015	03/03/2020		238190	Scott-Lee Guttering

Abstract: At 9:15 a.m. of February 27, 2020, Employee #1 was employed by a construction guttering contractor, while installing gutters at a newly constructed residential dwelling. Employee #1 was climbing a portable extension ladder to install a downspout over the garage. Employee #1 fell approximately 10 feet headfirst from the ladder onto the concrete. Employee #1 suffered a skull fracture, swelling of the brain, 8 broken ribs, and a collapsed lung. Employee # 1 was hospitalized.

Keywords: Brain, Collapsed lung, Extension Ladder, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fracture, Gutter, Head, Installing, Ladder, Lung, Rib, Skull, Traumatic Brain Injury

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition			1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1466799.015	40	M	Hospitalized injury		Sheet metal worker apprentices	Distance of Fall: 8 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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