Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 126220.015 - Employee fractures ankle in fall from extension ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 126220.015 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 12/30/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1471633.015	04/02/2020		236118	Buster Eugene Reeves

Abstract: At 11:30 a.m. on December 30, 2019, an employee was installing strips of exterior siding using a coil strap nail gun when he fell from the extension ladder approximately eight feet to the concrete driveway. The employee was hospitalized to treat a fractured right ankle.

Keywords: Ankle, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Concrete Surface, Extension Ladder, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fracture, Installing, Nail gun, Siding

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Alteration or rehabilitation			2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1471633.015	60	M	Hospitalized injury		Carpenters	Distance of Fall: 8 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 8 feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause:

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