Accident Report Detail
Accident: 109378.015 - Employee Fractures Leg In Fall From Ladder
Accident: 109378.015 -- Report ID: 0524200 -- Event Date: 09/21/2018 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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1348250.015 | 09/24/2018 | Adjustable Forms, Inc. | |||||
At 10:00 a.m. on September 21, 2018, Employee #1 and a coworker, employed by a c onstruction company, were engaged in carpentry work at the site of a new 26-stor y commercial building, a multiemployer construction project. Employee #1 was us ing a wooden ladder, made on site, to descend from level six to level five. As he climbed down, he observed his coworker, who was using the ladder to climb up. Employee #1 attempted to step off the ladder but fell, a fall height of approx imately 13 feet. He was transported to the hospital, admitted, and treated for a compound leg fracture. | |||||||
Keywords:
ascending, climbing on ladder, construction, descending, fall, fall protection, fracture, ladder, leg
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Commercial building | New project or new addition | 26 | |||||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
1 | 1348250.015 | 53 | M | Hospitalized injury | Construction laborers | FallDist: 12 FallHt:12 Cause: Exterior carpentry FatCause: |