Accident Report Detail
Accident: 96707.015 - Employee Falls From Ladder And Incurs Back Injuries
Accident: 96707.015 -- Report ID: 0830500 -- Event Date: 06/26/2017 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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1243373.015 | 06/28/2017 | E2 Optics Llc | |||||
At 2:30 p.m. on June 26, 2017, Employee #1, employed by a telecommunications com pany, was working in a building's ballroom as part of a multiemployer constructi on project. He was working from a 20-foot extension ladder and testing phone an d Ethernet connections in the ballroom ceiling. The ladder slipped. Employee # 1 fell, a fall height of approximately 8 to 10 feet, and landed on his right hip . Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transported to the hospit al. He was admitted and treated for a lower back injury, a ruptured disc and po ssible fractured vertebrae. | |||||||
Keywords:
back, building, fall, fall protection, fracture, ladder, telecom work, test equipment, unstable position, vertebra
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 1243373.015 | 28 | M | Hospitalized injury | Installers And Repairers |