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Accident Summary Nr: 131188.015 - Employee dislocates shoulder and punctures lung in fall from

Accident Summary Nr: 131188.015 -- Report ID: 0523900 -- Event Date: 09/10/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1494271.015	09/18/2020		332311	Jack Walters & Sons, Corp.

Abstract: At 10:00 a.m. on September 10, 2020, Employee #1 was in the process of nailing a girt to a wooden pole while working from a ladder. Employee #1 was working from an 8-foot portable ladder and fell from a level of approximately eight feet. Framing was being conducted from ground up to construct a pole shed. The front two legs of the portable ladder sunk into the ground that Employee #1 was working from, causing the ladder to become unstable and topple over. The employer indicated that within the last week they had received plenty of rain at the jobsite, causing the ground surface working area to be saturated. Employee #1 sustained two pin hole punctured lungs and a dislocated left shoulder and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Dislocated, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Falling Object, Ladder, Lung, Nail, Puncture Wound, Rain, Shoulder, Unstable Surface

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition			1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Construction
1	1494271.015	54	M	Hospitalized injury		Distance of Fall: 6 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 6 feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause:

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