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Accident: 114376.015 - Employee Falls With Falling Ladder And Breaks Leg

Accident: 114376.015 -- Report ID: 0316100 -- Event Date: 12/05/2018
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
1367390.01512/17/2018Power Component Systems, Inc.
At 1:00 p.m. on December 5, 2018, Employee #1, employed by a construction compan y, was engaged in interior rehabilitation work at a hospital. He was climbing u p a ladder when the ladder shifted. The ladder fell, and the employee - caught in the ladder - fell with it. The employee was hospitalized for treatment of a fractured right leg.
Keywords: blunt force trauma, caught in, climbing on ladder, construction, fall, fall protection, falling object, fracture, leg, maintenance, rehabilitation, renovation, repair, unsecured, unstable position
End Use Proj Type Proj Cost Stories NonBldgHt Fatality
Other building Alteration or rehabilitation  
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation Construction
1 1367390.015 35 M Hospitalized injury Laborers, except construction FallDist:
FallHt:
Cause: Interior masonry
FatCause:

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