Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 153239.015 - Employee is killed in fall from ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 153239.015 -- Report ID: 0626000 -- Event Date: 12/26/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1646402.015	01/26/2023		236115	Arndt Construction Llc

Abstract: At 1:46 p.m. on December 26, 2022, an employee was asked to get the center measurement for a main center support beam that was to be placed for the two car garage. The general contractor turned away to go get a forklift and when he came back he saw the employee lying face up on the concrete slab foundation in a pool of blood and unresponsive. The 8-foot fiberglass stepladder was toppled over near the employee's feet and the metal spreader/locking arms were slightly folded up and not locked. The employee died due to a fractured skull.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Climbing on Ladder, Concrete Floor, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fracture, Head, Residential Construction, Skull, Stepladder, Tips Over

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition			1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1646402.015	51	M	Fatality		Carpenter	Distance of Fall: 8 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 8 feet Cause: Interior carpentry Fatality Cause:

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