Accident Report Detail

Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 146935.015 - Employee Fractures Spine In Fall From Ladder While Changing

**Accident: 146935.015 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 12/16/2021**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1584855.015	03/17/2022		The Regents Of University Of California

At 1:05 a.m. on December 16, 2021, an employee was attempting to change a light bulb when he fell to the floor below. The employee fractured his L1 vertebrae, r equiring hospitalization.

Keywords: back, blunt force, blunt force trauma, fall, fall from elevation, fracture, ladder, lighting, lost balance, misjudgement, misjudgement of hazardous situation, spine, vertebra

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature
1	1584855.015	32	M	Hospitalized injury

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