Inspection Detail

Inspection: 1462627.015 - Agriland Fs Inc

Inspection Information - Office: Iowa 0751910

Investigation Summary

At 9:30 a.m. on February 6, 2020, an employee working as a laborer for a wholesale farm supply merchant was removing ice from the top of a fertilizer hopper tarp. The employee climbed up a Louisville 8-foot A-frame ladder to remove the ice which was preventing the tarp from closing. As the employee was coming down the ladder with his hands on both rungs, his right foot slipped, and the ladder shifted. This caused the employee and the ladder to fall to the ground. The employee landing on his right side. The employee fractured his elbow, upper arm, and shoulder and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Agriculture, Arm, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Clearing, Descending, Descending Ladder, Elbow, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Fracture, Hopper, Ladder, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Shoulder, Slip, Slippery Surface