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Accident: 108374.015 - Employee Falls From Ladder, Fractures Heels

Accident: 108374.015 -- Report ID: 0830500 -- Event Date: 08/07/2018
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
1337001.01508/08/2018Thompson & Sitz Construction, Inc.
At 9:00 a.m. on August 7, 2018, Employee #1, employed by a construction company, was working at a multiemployer construction project, a one-story residential st ructure. He climbed a Werner Model D1116-2 ladder. The ladder slipped and kick ed out, and the employee fell, a fall height of 13 feet. The employee was trans ported to the hospital, admitted, and treated for fractures to both heels.
Keywords: climbing on ladder, fall, fall protection, foot, fracture, ladder, residential construction, slip, unstable surface
End Use Proj Type Proj Cost Stories NonBldgHt Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling New project or new addition   1 13
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation Construction
1 1337001.015 56 M Hospitalized injury Inspectors and compliance officers except constr. FallDist: 13
FallHt:
Cause: Surveying
FatCause:

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