Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 131062.015 - Employee pruning trees fractures leg in fall from ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 131062.015 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 09/17/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1494259.015	09/23/2020		115115	Leopoldo'S Farm Service Inc

Abstract: At 9:15 a.m. on September 17, 2020, an employee working as a laborer for a farm services company was pruning plum trees. The employee was working from the fifth rung of a 10-foot orchard ladder when he slipped. The employee became entangled in the ladder and fell to the ground along with the ladder. The employee fractured the tibia and fibula on his right leg. The employee was hospitalized.

Keywords: Agriculture, Entangled, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Farm, Farm worker, Fibula, Fracture, Injury Illness Prevention Program, Laborer, Ladder, Leg, Orchard Ladder, Slip, Tibia, Tree, Tree Pruner

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1494259.015	57	M	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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