Inspection Detail

Inspection: 1555379.015 - Novel Aire Technologies

Inspection Information - Office: Kansas City Area Office

Investigation Summary

At 10:00 a.m. on September 21, 2021, an employee working as a HVAC technician for a commercial and industrial HVAC equipment contractor was working on the HVAC system on a building. The employee grabbed a shop vac to take with him as he walked up a ladder. The employee was climbing up the ladder with the shop vac on his shoulder when he missed the last rung of the ladder. The employee lost his balance and fell approximately 10 feet as a result. The employee fell backwards onto a coworker standing at the bottom of the ladder before impacting the ground. The employee was hospitalized to treat a leg broken in several places and unspecified injuries to his ankle and foot.

Keywords: Ankle, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Broken, Broken Bone, Climbing on Ladder, Commercial Building, Construction, Defect, Defective, Defective Equipment, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Foot, Fracture, Ground, HVAC, Installing, Lack of Work Procedures, Ladder, Leg, Lost Balance, Lost Control, Unsafe Position, Vacuum Cleaner