Inspection Detail

Inspection: 1425454.015 - Jim Kocon Masonry, Inc

Inspection Information - Office: Toledo Area Office

Investigation Summary

At 11:35 a.m. on August 21, 2019, an employee was climbing an extension ladder with two stones to place on the scaffold so other employees could use the stones to finish an outside pavilion chimney. The employee fell while carrying two cylinder blocks up a 24-foot fiber glass extension ladder to the scaffolding, when the spine of the ladder fractured and bowed, causing the employee to fall to the ground below. Emergency services were notified and arrived to take the employee from the work site to a nearby hospital, where he was life-flighted to Metro Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio. He remained in this hospital for a few days and was released. The employee sustained six broken ribs and a broken right wrist, resulting in a hospitalization of more than 2 days.

Keywords: Broken Bone, Extension Ladder, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Ladder, Rib, Scaffold, Wrist