Inspection Detail

Inspection: 1527744.015 - Amli Management Company

Inspection Information - Office: Atlanta East Area Office

Investigation Summary

At 8:45 a.m. on April 20, 2021, an employee working as a technician for a residential property management company climbed up an A-frame ladder to reach the top of a compactor. The employee placed the ladder in the closed position at a low angle and used the opposite side of the rungs (braces side) to climb. The employee fell head-first and hit the concrete floor. The employee was hospitalized to treat brain bleeding, facial and skull fractures, and a broken arm, wrist, hand and rib.

Keywords: Arm, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Brain, Brain Bleed, Broken Bone, Climbing, Climbing on Ladder, Compactor, Concrete, Concrete Floor, Concrete Surface, Face, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fracture, Hand, Head, Inexperience, Lack of Work Procedures, Ladder, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Rib, Skull, Stepladder, Struck Against, Technician, Trash Compactor, Traumatic Brain Injury, Unsafe Position, Walking Surface, Work Surface, Wrist, Wrong Equipment