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Accident Summary Nr: 201638517 - Employee Fractures Vertebrae in Fall from Ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 201638517 -- Report ID: 1054111 -- Event Date: 05/28/2009
Inspection NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
31346986806/01/20091521236118Advantage Services Construction Inc

Abstract: On May 28, 2009, an employee was doing residential repair and fell off a ladder when the scaffold failed. The employee fell feet first from approximately 18 feet onto a wooden deck resulting in a compression fracture of the Lumbar 1, 3 and 4 vertebras. The employee was hospitalized and treated for fractured vertebrae.

Keywords: FRACTURE, LADDER, FALL, VERTEBRA
Accident Details
End Use Project Type Project Cost Stories Non-building Height Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling Alteration or rehabilitation Under $50,000 3 36

Employee Details
Employee # Inspection Nr Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation Construction
1 313469868 Hospitalized injury Fracture Occupation not reported Distance of Fall: feet
Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 18 feet
Cause: Exterior carpentry
Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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