Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 131620.015 - Employee injures hip in fall from ladder, requires surgery

Accident Summary Nr: 131620.015 -- Report ID: 0522500 -- Event Date: 12/03/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1506044.015	12/10/2020		236220	Stanley Miller Construction Co.

Abstract: At 9:15 a.m. on December 3, 2020, an employee working as a carpenter for a commercial building contractor was working on a crew framing a small commercial building. The employee was inside the building attempting to dislodge a piece of plywood on a truss. He was hitting the bottom of the plywood with a 2-inch by 4-inch wood board. The employee set up a ladder so he could get closer to the truss and use a crowbar. The ladder was partially set up on an icy surface. The employee was approximately 4 feet up on the ladder when it kicked out from under him. The employee fell to the side of the ladder and landed on the concrete floor. The employee was hospitalized to treat a hip injury, requiring surgery.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Building, Carpenter, Commercial Building, Concrete Floor, Construction, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Framing, Head, Hip, Ice, Ice Covered, Ladder, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Plywood, Slip, Slippery Surface, Truss, Weather, Wood Board, Work Surface

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1506044.015	55	M	Hospitalized injury		Carpenter	Distance of Fall: 4 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 4 feet Cause: Installing interior walls, ceilings, doors Fatality Cause:

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