Inspection Detail

Inspection: 1395514.015 - Accutek Technologies Inc

Inspection Information - Office: Corpus Christi Area Office

Investigation Summary

At 9:00 a.m. on March 26, 2019, Employee #1, employed by an electrical contractor, was working at the construction site of a two-story commercial building. He was standing on the top of a ladder and drilling for j-hooks when the ladder began to wobble and fall. The employee fell and hit the ladder at ground level, a fall height of 8 feet. The employee was transported to the hospital and admitted for treatment of multiple fractured ribs, a fractured shoulder, bruised lungs, and a staple in his elbow.

Keywords: Blunt force trauma, Construction, Contusion, Drill, Elbow, Fall, Fall Protection, Falling Object, Fracture, Ladder, Lung, Rib, Shoulder, Unprotected, Unstable Position