Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 127996.015 - Employee fractures vertebra in fall from stepladder

Accident Summary Nr: 127996.015 -- Report ID: 0728900 -- Event Date: 07/08/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1484898.015	07/16/2020		238170	Vap Construction, Inc.

Abstract: At 2:30 p.m. on July 8, 2020, an employee working as a construction laborer for a siding contractor was hanging soffit and fascia on a residential building. The employee was working from a 6-foot stepladder when the ladder shifted on the grass and started to fall. The employee fell off the ladder and hit the side of a windowsill. The employee was hospitalized to treat a burst fracture to his L1 vertebra.

Keywords: Back, Construction, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Fracture, Installing, Laborer, Ladder, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Residential Construction, Slip, Slippery Surface, Soffit, Spine, Stepladder, Struck Against, Unstable Surface, Vertebra

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Maintenance or repair			1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1484898.015	31	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: 6 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 6 feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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