Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201168051 - Employee's Ankle Is Fractured in Fall from Ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 201168051 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 08/11/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126161058	08/31/2006	1751	238350	L A Overhead Garage Door

Abstract: At 2:30 p.m. on August 11, 2006, Employee #1 and two coworkers were standing on A-frame ladders installing an overhead garage door spring. When Employee #1's foot slipped out of the fifth ladder rung, he fell to the concrete floor. Employee #1 was hospitalized at Marina Del Ray Hospital for a compound fracture of his right ankle.

Keywords: FRACTURE, INSTALLING, LADDER, FALL, DOOR, ANKLE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		Under $50,000	2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	126161058			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Electrical power installers and repairers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 5 feet Cause: Installing windows and doors, glazing Fatality Cause: Fall from/with ladder

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