Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 137945.015 - Employee falls from ladder while demolishing cinderblock wal

Accident Summary Nr: 137945.015 -- Report ID: 0521100 -- Event Date: 07/31/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1546490.015	08/09/2021		493120	Cedar Grove Warehousing Llc

Abstract: At 11:00 a.m. on July 31, 2021, Employee #1, a maintenance employee, was working from the second or third rung of a six-foot fiberglass A-frame ladder while using an 8-10 pound sledgehammer to demolish a cinderblock wall in the basement level of the facility. As the employee struck the wall, it collapsed, striking the base of the ladder and causing the employee to fall backwards. Coworkers found the employee and ladder on the ground. The employee sustained a broken collar bone and traumatic brain injury and was hospitalized. The ladder was not secured to prevent displacement during work activities.

Keywords: Brain, Broken, Broken Bone, Climbing on Ladder, Collarbone, Demolish, Demolition, Descending Ladder, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Ground, Ladder, Traumatic Brain Injury, Unsecured

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Demolition

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Construction
1	1546490.015	50	M	Hospitalized injury		Distance of Fall: 3 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 3 feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause:

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