Accident Report Detail

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

Accident Summary Nr: 201638517 -- Report ID: 1054111 -- Event Date: 05/28/2009
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
313469868	06/01/2009	1521	236118	Advantage 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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