Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 139675.015 - Employee breaks leg in fall climbing ladder holding shop vac

Accident Summary Nr: 139675.015 -- Report ID: 0728500 -- Event Date: 09/21/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1555379.015	09/28/2021		333415	Novel Aire Technologies

Abstract: At 10:00 a.m. on September 21, 2021, an employee working as a HVAC technician for a commercial and industrial HVAC equipment contractor was working on the HVAC system on a building. The employee grabbed a shop vac to take with him as he walked up a ladder. The employee was climbing up the ladder with the shop vac on his shoulder when he missed the last rung of the ladder. The employee lost his balance and fell approximately 10 feet as a result. The employee fell backwards onto a coworker standing at the bottom of the ladder before impacting the ground. The employee was hospitalized to treat a leg broken in several places and unspecified injuries to his ankle and foot.

Keywords: Ankle, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Broken, Broken Bone, Climbing on Ladder, Commercial Building, Construction, Defect, Defective, Defective Equipment, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Foot, Fracture, Ground, HVAC, Installing, Lack of Work Procedures, Ladder, Leg, Lost Balance, Lost Control, Unsafe Position, Vacuum Cleaner

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Maintenance or repair				10

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1555379.015	44	M	Hospitalized injury		Specified mechanics and repairers	Distance of Fall: 10 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 10 feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause:

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