Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202586129 - Employee Fractures Leg in Fall from Extension Ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 202586129 -- Report ID: 0950612 -- Event Date: 06/02/2009
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
312761166	06/03/2009	7349	561720	Crystal Clean Janitorial, Inc. Dba Just Windows

Abstract: At approximately 10:30 a.m. on June 2, 2009, Employee #1 was a window washer, cleaning the windows of a two story residential structure. He was using a 24-ft Louisville extension ladder, which he had set on wet soil. While Employee #1 was working from the ladder, the left foot of the ladder sank into the wet soil, which caused the ladder to tip over. Employee #1 received a fracture to his lower left leg, when he fell 6 to 7 ft to the ground. He was hospitalized for treatment of his fracture.

Keywords: WINDOW WASHER, FRACTURE, EXTENSION LADDER, LADDER, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, UNSTABLE SOIL, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	312761166			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Janitors and cleaners

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