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Accident Summary Nr: 128484.015 - Employee falls from ladder after fainting, sustains multiple

Accident Summary Nr: 128484.015 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 06/26/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1481215.015	06/30/2020		221310	City Of Frederick

Abstract: At 11:00 a.m. on June 26, 2020, an employee working as a laborer for a city was replacing air filters in air handling units on the roof above a laboratory door. The employee is believed to have fallen 12-feet 9-inches from the top of a fixed ladder while descending from the roof after replacing the air filters. The employee stated that he believes that he had sustained heat-related illness due to the high temperatures which led to his fainting causing the fall. The employee was hospitalized to treat a ruptured lung, injury to the mesentery near his pancreatic head, 5 to 9 broken ribs, 5 fractured vertebrae, including one weight bearing vertebra and a concussion.

Keywords: Concussion, Contusion, Descending, Descending Ladder, Fainted, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fracture, HVAC, Head, Heat, Heat index, Heat-related illness , High Temperature, Installing, Internal Injuries, Laborer, Lost consciousness, Lung, Pancreas, Roof, Vertebra

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1481215.015	64	M	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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