Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170053.015 - Employee falls from ladder and sustains blunt chest trauma,

Accident Summary Nr: 170053.015 -- Report ID: 0950624 -- Event Date: 09/06/2024
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1774683.015	09/11/2024		236220	New Century Construction & Consulting Inc.

Abstract: At 7:00 a.m. on September 6, 2024, Employee #1 was installing architectural steel fence panels and was standing on a ladder when a piece of wood used to prop up a panel slid and struck the ladder. The employee fell backward, landing on his back, with the ladder hitting his chest. The heavy metal fence panel did not fall on the employee. The employee was not feeling well and left work by 11:00 a.m. The following morning at approximately 3:00 a.m. the employee was found unresponsive by his spouse and transported to the hospital, where he later died due to a laceration of the heart from blunt chest trauma.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Chest, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Heart, Installing, Laceration, Ladder, Unresponsive

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1774683.015	68	M	Fatality		Welders and cutters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fencing, installing lights, signs, etc. Fatality Cause:

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