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Accident: 112758.015 - Employee Falls Off Ladder And Incurs Multiple Injuries
Accident: 112758.015 -- Report ID: 0524700 -- Event Date: 01/15/2019 | |||||||
| Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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| 1372384.015 | 01/17/2019 | Henry Gurtzweiler, Inc. | |||||
| At 12:00 p.m. on January 15, 2019, an employee climbed a twenty-four foot fiberg lass extension ladder sitting on a ledge approximately fifteen feet above the gr ound. While the employee attempted to transition from the ladder to the roof, th e unsecured ladder kicked out at the bottom. The employee fell approximately eig ht feet, struck the ledge and then fell an additional fifteen feet to the ground . The employee was hospitalized for treatment of fractures to four ribs, right f orearm and left wrist, contusions to kidneys and intestines, and torn ligaments in the left wrist. | |||||||
Keywords:
climbing on ladder, contusion, fall, forearm, fracture, kidney, ladder, lost balance, rib, struck against, unsecured, wrist
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| End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
| Commercial building | New project or new addition | 15 | |||||
| Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
| 1 | 1372384.015 | 40 | M | Hospitalized injury | Construction trades, n.e.c. | FallDist: 15 FallHt:15 Cause: Temporary work (buildings, facilities) FatCause: |
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