Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202517546 - Employee Fractures Leg in Fall from Ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 202517546 -- Report ID: 0950624 -- Event Date: 06/21/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310552922	08/05/2008	9631	926130	Modesto Irrigation District

Abstract: At approximately 12:00 a.m. on June 21, 2008, an employee, a utility worker and lineman, was dispatched to an emergency power outage. The employee had to feed the service line over the house due to dogs in the backyard. The employee was approximately 8-feet on an extension ladder, trying to swing the service line over the porch landing, when the ladder kicked out. The employee fell approximately eight feet, resulting in a fractured leg. The employee was hospitalized and treated for fractured leg.

Keywords: FRACTURE, LADDER, OVERHEAD CRANE, FALL, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	310552922			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Electrical power installers and repairers

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