Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 124346.015 - Employee installing ducts fractures back in fall from ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 124346.015 -- Report ID: 0418800 -- Event Date: 09/10/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1451864.015	09/10/2019		238220	Hri - Home Rehabilitators Inc

Abstract: At 11:00 a.m. on September 10, 2020, an employee working as a laborer for a mechanical contractor was installing A/C ducts. The employee weas working from a ladder when he fell striking the ground. The employee was hospitalized to treat a fractured back.

Keywords: Air Conditioner, Air Duct, Back, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Construction, Duct, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fracture, Ground, HVAC, Installing, Laborer, Ladder, Material Handling, Mechanical, Struck Against, Wrong Equipment

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition			1	10

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1451864.015	52	M	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction	Distance of Fall: 10 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 10 feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause:

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