Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 143977.015 - Employee fractures spine while installing garage door

Accident Summary Nr: 143977.015 -- Report ID: 0523900 -- Event Date: 02/14/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1579752.015	02/23/2022		713930	Tsb Lakefront Restoration And Diving, Llc

Abstract: At 10:00 a.m. on February 14, 2022, an employee was beginning the installation of ceiling tracks for garage doors for a new boat motors repair addition. The first bolt connecting the ceiling tracks with the vertical wall tracks was difficult to reach with the scissor lift so the employee used a Werner 8-foot ladder to get close enough to the wall and ceiling juncture where the ceiling track would mount to the vertical wall track. The employee ascended the ladder to the third rung while holding the upper end of the ceiling track in his right hand and holding the ladder with his left hand. The employee then leaned the ceiling track against the wall and ascended to the fifth rung of the ladder. The employee then leaned the ceiling track on his right shoulder and attempted to step up to the sixth rung while bracing his left hand against the garage wall. The employee ascended to the sixth rung with his left foot first and then stepped up with the right foot. While the employee's right foot was ascending his weight shifted to the right causing the ladder to tip to the left. The employee fell from the ladder to the garage floor and landed on his back. The employee was hospitalized to treat a fractured spine.

Keywords: Ascending, Back, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Broken Bone, Ceiling, Climbing on Ladder, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Floor, Fracture, Installing, Ladder, Overhead Door, Spine, Tips Over, Tracks

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	Construction
1	1579752.015	31	M	Hospitalized injury		Distance of Fall: 6 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 6 feet Cause: Installing windows and doors, glazing Fatality Cause:

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