Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 129810.015 - Employee sustains fractures, eye injury in fall from ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 129810.015 -- Report ID: 0950643 -- Event Date: 03/31/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1475923.015	06/03/2020		561320	People Ready, Inc.

Abstract: At 4:45 p.m. on March 31, 2020, an employee working as a construction laborer for a temporary staffing service was helping to clear material and debris from the top of a 8-foot 4-inch tall container. The employee was standing approximately 8 feet above the ground on a portable 12-foot ladder. He overreached for something on the container, leaning towards the right, when the ladder fell along with the employee. The employee impacted the black top below. The employee fractured his skull, femur and pelvis and injured an eye, requiring hospitalization.

Keywords: Asphalt, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Construction, Container, Eye, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Falling Object, Fracture, Hip, Ladder, Leaning over, Leg, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Pavement, Pelvis, Reaching, Reaching From Ladder, Site Clearing, Skull, Temporary Employment Agency, Temporary Worker, Unstable Position

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition				8

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1475923.015	56	F	Hospitalized injury		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Site clearing and grubbing Fatality Cause:

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