Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202543781 - Employee's Hip Is Fractured in Fall from Ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 202543781 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 11/25/2011
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
314860941	12/16/2011	8661	813110	Choong Hyun Mission Church

Abstract: At approximately 4:00 p.m. on November 25, 2011, Employee #1, who was employed by a church, was on a playground, cutting a tree branch with a chain saw from an A-frame ladder. The branch snapped and knocked Employee #1 off the ladder. He fell from the ladder and landed on the concrete walkway. As a result of the incident, he sustained a right hip fracture, and he was hospitalized. The causal factor of the accident was determined to be lack of training and experience in tree cutting.

Keywords: FRACTURE, TREE LIMB, CHAIN SAW, LADDER, INEXPERIENCE, PELVIS, FALL, STRUCK BY, UNTRAINED, TREE TRIMMING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	314860941			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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