Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202469698 - Painter Is Injured in Fall from Ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 202469698 -- Report ID: 0950643 -- Event Date: 09/10/2010
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
314822545	10/07/2010	6513	531110	Weiss Investment Group, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 12:40 p.m. on September 10, 2010, Employee #1, a painter with the maintenance department of an apartment complex, was standing on a Werner extension ladder (Serial Number 57153-01) preparing to paint the side of an apartment building. A coworker was holding the ladder. When the coworker walked away to attend to a paint spray machine, the ladder fell. Employee #1 fell at least 10 ft to the ground. He was hospitalized for a head laceration and a back fracture.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HEAD, EXTENSION LADDER, UNSECURED, LADDER, BACK, LACERATION, FALL, PAINTER, VERTEBRA

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	314822545			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Painters, construction and maintenance

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