Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202522710 - Farm Worker Dislocates Hip in Fall from Ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 202522710 -- Report ID: 0950624 -- Event Date: 06/03/2012
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
314997974	06/25/2012	0761	115115	Jose Luis Vallejo

Abstract: At approximately 10:15 a.m. on June 3, 2012, Employee #1 was standing on a 14-foot (4.3-meter) aluminum orchard ladder picking cherries. He was standing two steps below the ladder's red step. The narrative did not indicate if this was the ladder's top step. As he stretched to one side, he felt the ladder lean in the opposite direction. He fell approximately 8 feet (2.4 meters) to the ground. Employee #1 sustained a dislocated hip, and he was hospitalized.

Keywords: AGRICULTURE, LADDER, DISLOCATED, FALL, HIP, UNSTABLE POSITION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	314997974			Hospitalized injury	Dislocation	Farm workers

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